5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WINGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of whinge.

Noun

Alternative form of whinge.

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 WINGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WINGE 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,605 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__G_ W in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ALTER SLART SALTY EATEN TRIED
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WINGE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,605 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WINGE ranks #6,605 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
229
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
33%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

533
336
202
170
103
76
72
62
51
50
48
46
32
31
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27
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WINGE:

23% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
ROAST 6.03 bits
14.2% →
ALTER 5.38 bits
8.6% →
SLART 5.37 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.28 bits
4.4% →
ROAST 5.23 bits
3.2% →
SALTY 4.48 bits
3.1% →
EATEN 4.39 bits
2.6% →
ROAST 4.61 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.98 bits
2.1% →
TRIED 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1N1G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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