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

WEAVE

Yes, WEAVE was the Wordle answer on April 20, 2026 (Wordle #1766).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wiːv/

Verb

To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

“This loom weaves yarn into cloth.”

Verb

To spin a cocoon or a web.

“Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.”

Noun

A type or way of weaving.

“That rug has a very tight weave.”

Noun

Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.

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: April 20, 2026 (#1766).

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

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How WEAVE performs as a guess

WEAVE 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,642 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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 5th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TALON SILER NOIRE SLART ALTER
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEAVE 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#13,642 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEAVE ranks #13,642 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
639
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
374
6 guesses
40
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
38%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
K N E E D
H E A V E
W E A V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WEAVE in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

640
326
194
171
159
103
85
66
63
47
37
34
34
31
27
26
24
24
24
22
19
17
12
11
10
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEAVE:

27% chance
Suggested:
COURT
14% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
SILER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
COURT 5.78 bits
13.8% →
TALON 5.11 bits
8.2% →
SILER 5.06 bits
7.3% →
NOIRE 4.35 bits
6.7% →
SLART 4.62 bits
4.4% →
ALTER 4.64 bits
3.6% →
MERIT 4.19 bits
2.8% →
SAULT 4.18 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.53 bits
2.0% →
ENTER 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1A1V4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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