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WHILE

Yes, WHILE was the Wordle answer on October 3, 2023 (Wordle #836).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʍaɪl//waɪl//wæl/

Noun

An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

“He lectured for quite a long while.”

Conjunction

During the same time that.

“He was sleeping while I was singing.”

Conjunction

Although.

“This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating.”

Preposition

Until.

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: October 3, 2023 (#836).

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

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How WHILE performs as a guess

WHILE 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,244 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 W__L_ W in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SATER SATIN SONAR ALTER MOUTH
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHILE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,244 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHILE ranks #6,244 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
12
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
E X I L E
W H I L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WHILE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

409
270
193
156
149
108
94
80
57
54
54
51
46
43
39
32
29
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25
24
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22
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHILE:

17% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
ROAST 6.00 bits
11.5% →
SATER 5.26 bits
8.2% →
ROAST 5.21 bits
6.6% →
SATIN 5.14 bits
6.3% →
SONAR 5.22 bits
4.6% →
ALTER 4.53 bits
4.0% →
MOUTH 4.83 bits
3.4% →
SAUNT 4.62 bits
2.4% →
RIPEN 4.37 bits
2.3% →
SAURY 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4I1L1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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