5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WANZE

WANZE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of wanse.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How WANZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WANZE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,022 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__Z_ W in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT DETER SLART SIREE SATYR SOILY
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WANZE performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,022 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WANZE ranks #12,022 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
655
4 guesses
1,337
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
20
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
293
242
187
134
120
109
92
73
68
46
42
39
36
30
27
26
23
23
21
20
20
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13
12
11
9
9
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WANZE:

21% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

20.5% →
MOULT 5.66 bits
12.4% →
DETER 5.36 bits
10.3% →
SLART 5.46 bits
7.9% →
SIREE 4.41 bits
5.7% →
SATYR 4.10 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.80 bits
4.6% →
DEALT 4.70 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.46 bits
3.1% →
SIREN 4.45 bits
2.9% →
GRANT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for WANZE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

W4A1N1Z10E1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.