5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WETLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

In a wet manner.

Adverb

Ineffectually, feebly, showing no strength of character.

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 WETLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WETLY 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,926 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__L_ W in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE CAIRN ROAST SONAR SAREE RAISE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WETLY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,926 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WETLY ranks #8,926 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
26
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

370
361
220
173
147
125
120
82
42
38
38
36
35
33
31
30
30
24
23
22
22
22
19
19
15
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WETLY:

16% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
15% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
ARISE 5.42 bits
15.3% →
CAIRN 6.04 bits
9.3% →
ROAST 5.40 bits
7.3% →
SONAR 5.05 bits
6.2% →
SONAR 4.50 bits
5.3% →
SAREE 4.93 bits
5.1% →
RAISE 4.49 bits
3.5% →
RANSE 4.67 bits
1.8% →
SOLAR 3.41 bits
1.6% →
LAREE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1T1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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