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

WIDTH

Yes, WIDTH was the Wordle answer on October 2, 2025 (Wordle #1566).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtθ//ˈwɪdθ//ˈwɪθ/

Noun

The state of being wide.

Noun

The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.

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 2, 2025 (#1566).

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

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How WIDTH performs as a guess

WIDTH 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,352 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___H W in the 1st position and H in the 5th position W__T_ W in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SALET SLANE DRONE SOARE SOLER
Words starting with W Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WIDTH 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,352 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIDTH ranks #7,352 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
15
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:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
23%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
A D M I N
W I D T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WIDTH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

737
270
212
126
99
97
84
65
64
57
54
44
38
27
23
21
20
20
19
18
15
15
13
12
11
11
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIDTH:

31% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
CARLE 6.19 bits
11.5% →
SALET 5.61 bits
9.0% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
DRONE 5.30 bits
4.2% →
SOARE 5.50 bits
4.1% →
SOLER 4.67 bits
3.6% →
SNARE 4.60 bits
2.8% →
PLACE 4.58 bits
2.7% →
PARSE 4.69 bits
2.4% →
SOLER 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1D2T1H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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