5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

WEIRS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

Open Solver with WEIRS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of weir

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 WEIRS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WEIRS 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,825 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__R_ W in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ALONE POTAE SAULT CAROM ANTIC
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEIRS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,825 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEIRS ranks #5,825 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
18
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:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
218
168
165
158
150
112
94
64
53
53
50
42
38
36
35
33
31
31
29
27
23
23
21
19
18
18
17
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEIRS:

14% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
7% chance
Suggested:
POTAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
COALY 5.69 bits
9.2% →
ALONE 5.39 bits
7.1% →
POTAE 4.43 bits
7.0% →
SAULT 5.21 bits
6.7% →
CAROM 5.15 bits
6.4% →
ANTIC 5.05 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.92 bits
4.0% →
THALE 4.70 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.28 bits
2.2% →
TINGE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1I1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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