5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

WIDER

WIDER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪdɚ//ˈwaɪdə/

Adjective

comparative form of wide: more wide

Adverb

comparative form of wide: more wide

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

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 WIDER performs as a guess

WIDER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,734 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___R W in the 1st position and R in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SLANT TEASE SALTY
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WIDER 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,734 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIDER ranks #3,734 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
C L O W N
W I D E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WIDER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
300
198
167
152
84
78
77
64
58
54
42
36
29
29
27
25
25
23
22
19
17
17
16
15
15
15
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIDER:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
SAULT 5.95 bits
12.7% →
SLATE 5.85 bits
8.4% →
COAST 5.71 bits
7.1% →
SLANT 5.60 bits
6.4% →
TEASE 4.74 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 3.81 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.70 bits
3.3% →
SALTY 4.39 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.58 bits
2.5% →
PRINT 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1D2E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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