5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAREZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɛə(ɹ)z//wɑːɹɛz/

Noun

Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.

Verb

To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.

Alternative forms: juarez

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 WAREZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAREZ 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,876 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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 4th position _A__Z A in the 2nd position and Z in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLANT SLATE DROIT SONLY
Words starting with W Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAREZ 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,876 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAREZ ranks #12,876 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
670
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
353
6 guesses
19
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
272
198
151
148
138
118
105
101
85
72
52
41
40
32
25
22
21
20
19
18
14
14
14
12
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAREZ:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
11.5% →
SEINE 5.38 bits
8.4% →
SLANT 5.37 bits
6.4% →
SLATE 4.96 bits
6.3% →
DROIT 4.93 bits
5.9% →
SONLY 4.55 bits
5.0% →
SOILY 3.47 bits
4.5% →
TRAIN 4.21 bits
4.3% →
TRICE 4.46 bits
3.6% →
SIENT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1R1E1Z10
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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