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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

WHINY

Yes, WHINY was the Wordle answer on April 12, 2024 (Wordle #1028).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪni/

Adjective

Whining; tending to whine or complain.

“She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.”

Adjective

Having a nasally or high-pitched voice.

Alternative forms: whiney

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 12, 2024 (#1028).

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

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How WHINY performs as a guess

WHINY 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 67.8% of games, misses completely in 32.2%, and leaves about 316 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,231 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__N_ W in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SORAL TALER LAREE SLATE ROATE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
316 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHINY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,231 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHINY ranks #10,231 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
25
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:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
37%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
J U I C Y
W H I N Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WHINY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

760
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197
153
130
123
86
86
74
53
37
34
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHINY:

32% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.2% →
TARSE 6.25 bits
8.7% →
SORAL 4.87 bits
8.4% →
TALER 5.35 bits
6.5% →
LAREE 5.23 bits
5.5% →
SLATE 5.05 bits
5.2% →
ROATE 5.59 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.76 bits
3.6% →
TIARE 4.47 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 5.26 bits
2.2% →
SOREL 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4I1N1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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