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

WIDEN

Yes, WIDEN was the Wordle answer on September 5, 2024 (Wordle #1174).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪdn̩/

Verb

To become wide or wider.

“His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.”

Verb

To make wide or wider.

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: September 5, 2024 (#1174).

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

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How WIDEN performs as a guess

WIDEN 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,390 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___N W in the 1st position and N in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SORAL COAST SALTY AROSE
Words starting with W Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% 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 WIDEN 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,390 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIDEN ranks #4,390 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
9
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
G I V E N
W I D E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WIDEN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

520
379
145
144
127
76
68
67
65
57
55
33
28
26
25
23
22
22
21
20
20
19
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIDEN:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
6% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
16.1% →
SLART 5.93 bits
6.1% →
SLART 5.31 bits
6.1% →
SORAL 4.59 bits
5.4% →
COAST 5.22 bits
3.2% →
SALTY 4.50 bits
2.9% →
AROSE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.44 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.32 bits
2.4% →
REATE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1D2E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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