5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAXER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A device used to apply wax.

Noun

A person who applies wax.

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 WAXER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAXER 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,041 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___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 SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAXER 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
#13,041 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAXER ranks #13,041 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
672
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
353
6 guesses
23
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
30%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
267
198
178
152
139
134
102
92
82
69
42
40
35
26
22
22
21
21
20
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAXER:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
SOILY 5.69 bits
11.3% →
SEINE 5.39 bits
8.4% →
SLANT 5.39 bits
7.5% →
COURT 5.20 bits
6.4% →
SLATE 4.94 bits
5.9% →
SONLY 4.55 bits
5.7% →
TOISE 4.43 bits
4.3% →
COAST 4.44 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.53 bits
3.5% →
SIENT 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1X8E1R1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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