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

WIELD

Yes, WIELD was the Wordle answer on November 16, 2025 (Wordle #1611).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wiːld/

Verb

To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.

Verb

To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

Noun

Rule, command; power, control, wielding.

Alternative forms: welde, weild, weelde

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: November 16, 2025 (#1611).

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

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How WIELD performs as a guess

WIELD 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,954 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___D W in the 1st position and D in the 5th position W__L_ W in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE SONAR SAINT LAREE TRINE
Words starting with W Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WIELD 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,954 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIELD ranks #4,954 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
11
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WIELD in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
376
162
161
121
83
80
74
66
54
53
46
36
33
28
28
27
20
19
19
18
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIELD:

20% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
ROAST 6.10 bits
15.9% →
TARSE 5.67 bits
6.9% →
SONAR 5.21 bits
6.8% →
SAINT 5.44 bits
5.1% →
LAREE 4.63 bits
3.5% →
TRINE 4.62 bits
3.4% →
SHART 5.19 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.37 bits
2.8% →
DEARE 4.71 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1E1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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