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

WHOLE

Yes, WHOLE was the Wordle answer on July 27, 2025 (Wordle #1499).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /həʊl/[hɜʊ̯ɫ][hɒʊ̯ɫ]

Adjective

Entire, undivided.

“I ate a whole fish.”

Adjective

Sound, uninjured, healthy.

“He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.”

Adverb

In entirety; entirely; wholly.

“I ate a fish whole!”

Noun

Something complete, without any parts missing.

“This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.”

Alternative forms: hole

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 27, 2025 (#1499).

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

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How WHOLE performs as a guess

WHOLE 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,960 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___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

SAINT STAIR SLAIN ALTER STARY MIRTH
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHOLE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,960 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHOLE ranks #5,960 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
13
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
36%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
W H O L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WHOLE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
286
197
178
147
119
83
80
65
60
50
48
43
43
38
36
33
28
28
21
21
20
20
19
16
14
14
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHOLE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
SAINT 6.17 bits
12.1% →
STAIR 5.19 bits
8.4% →
STAIR 5.06 bits
7.5% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
6.2% →
SLAIN 5.00 bits
5.0% →
ALTER 4.48 bits
3.5% →
STARY 4.36 bits
3.4% →
MIRTH 4.64 bits
2.8% →
SALTY 4.32 bits
2.5% →
VOTER 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4O1L1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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