5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

WATER

Yes, WATER was the Wordle answer on July 23, 2025 (Wordle #1495).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɔ.tɚ/[ˈwɔ.ɾɚ]/ˈwɑ.tɚ/

Noun

An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

“By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.”

Noun

The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

“He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.”

Verb

To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

Verb

To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

Alternative forms: wahter, wahtuh

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 23, 2025 (#1495).

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

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How WATER performs as a guess

WATER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,883 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

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

W___R W in the 1st position and R in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position WA_ER W in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLAIN HOIST CROUP SLADE
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WATER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,883 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WATER ranks #2,883 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
11
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
32%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
B E E C H
W A T E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WATER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
195
139
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114
105
102
89
78
75
67
64
58
56
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46
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WATER:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
SOILY 5.73 bits
8.3% →
SEINE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
SLAIN 5.10 bits
5.5% →
HOIST 5.18 bits
4.8% →
CROUP 4.77 bits
4.5% →
SLADE 4.65 bits
4.3% →
POISE 4.51 bits
3.8% →
SONLY 4.68 bits
3.3% →
SOILY 3.61 bits
3.2% →
BROAD 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1T1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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