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

WEDGE

Yes, WEDGE was the Wordle answer on July 15, 2022 (Wordle #391).

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɛd͡ʒ/

Noun

One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

“Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.”

Noun

A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

“Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?”

Verb

To support or secure using a wedge.

“I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.”

Verb

To force into a narrow gap.

“He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.”

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 15, 2022 (#391).

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

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How WEDGE performs as a guess

WEDGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 63.3% of games, misses completely in 36.7%, and leaves about 390 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,845 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

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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 W__G_ W in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SOLAR SLART LAIRY GLOAT TRAWL
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
390 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEDGE 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,845 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEDGE ranks #11,845 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
11

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
33%
All gray
37%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
A W F U L
W E D G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WEDGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

865
243
238
125
114
108
46
43
39
30
29
29
28
28
28
27
26
25
25
22
21
17
14
14
13
12
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEDGE:

37% chance
Suggested:
COAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.7% →
COAST 5.92 bits
10.3% →
SOLAR 5.14 bits
10.1% →
SLART 5.23 bits
5.3% →
LAIRY 5.02 bits
4.8% →
GLOAT 4.88 bits
4.6% →
SLART 4.98 bits
1.9% →
TRAWL 4.61 bits
1.8% →
DINER 4.22 bits
1.7% →
STEER 4.15 bits
1.3% →
ALURE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1D2G2E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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