5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAVED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /weɪvd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of wave

Adjective

Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.

Adjective

Wavy.

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 WAVED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAVED 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,702 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___D W in the 1st position and D in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position WA_ED W in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST STIRE SLART SONLY SENOR URINE
Words starting with W Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% 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 WAVED 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,702 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAVED ranks #11,702 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
314
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
31%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

546
317
263
172
150
143
60
56
43
40
38
33
29
28
25
23
23
23
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17
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAVED:

23% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
13% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
HOIST 5.82 bits
13.4% →
STIRE 5.26 bits
11.2% →
SLART 5.43 bits
7.3% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.4% →
SONLY 4.44 bits
6.1% →
SENOR 4.33 bits
2.5% →
URINE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
DROIT 4.52 bits
1.8% →
LATER 3.17 bits
1.7% →
SLART 3.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1V4E1D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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