5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WASHI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.

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 WASHI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WASHI 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,860 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__H_ W in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

LOURE TRINE ALERT PORTE TONER CONTE
Words starting with W Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WASHI 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,860 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WASHI ranks #10,860 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
25
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
20%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
310
296
172
170
112
104
86
77
45
41
37
35
35
29
29
27
25
19
19
18
15
14
12
12
12
11
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WASHI:

19% chance
Suggested:
LOURE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
LOURE 5.82 bits
13.1% →
TRINE 5.28 bits
12.6% →
ALERT 5.49 bits
7.3% →
PORTE 5.34 bits
7.2% →
TONER 4.76 bits
4.7% →
CONTE 5.40 bits
4.4% →
REACT 4.76 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.64 bits
3.3% →
ANVIL 4.50 bits
1.9% →
SOREL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1S1H4I1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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