5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WIPED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /waɪpt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of wipe

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 WIPED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WIPED 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,986 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__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position WI_ED W in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SLANT SOLAR SALTY SAINT
Words starting with W Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WIPED 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
0.67 Volatility
#4,986 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIPED ranks #4,986 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
7
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:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
385
194
154
101
82
78
69
66
61
37
37
34
23
23
22
22
21
20
18
18
18
17
16
16
16
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIPED:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
16.3% →
SLART 5.83 bits
8.2% →
SLANT 5.56 bits
6.5% →
SOLAR 4.68 bits
4.3% →
SLART 5.09 bits
3.5% →
SALTY 4.38 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 4.49 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.97 bits
2.8% →
DEARE 4.73 bits
2.6% →
DANDY 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1P3E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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