5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WILCO

WILCO is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪl.koʊ//ˈwɪl.kəʊ/

Interjection

Indicates agreement and compliance.

“Wilco, Bravo Six Three will take the north road. Bravo Six Four will take the south road, out.”

Noun

A species of South American tree, Anadenanthera colubrina.

Verb

To give the "wilco" indication.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 WILCO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WILCO as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,061 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___O W in the 1st position and O in the 5th position W__C_ W in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE PARSE TRINE SATED CRATE SLATE
Words starting with W Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WILCO 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
0.69 Volatility
#5,061 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WILCO ranks #5,061 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
14
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:
ILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
23%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
286
222
200
100
98
78
77
63
52
46
39
36
36
33
28
27
27
23
21
18
18
17
16
16
14
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WILCO:

23% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
12.1% →
TARSE 5.45 bits
9.4% →
PARSE 5.32 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 5.64 bits
4.2% →
SATED 4.52 bits
4.2% →
CRATE 5.57 bits
3.3% →
SLATE 4.35 bits
3.3% →
SLATE 4.63 bits
2.7% →
THANE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
CRANE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1L1C3O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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