5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WIRER

WIRER 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

Noun

A tool to assist in installing wire.

Noun

A person who installs wiring.

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 WIRER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WIRER 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,794 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___R W in the 1st position and R in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE SLANT COAST TRACE SALTY
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WIRER 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,794 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIRER ranks #9,794 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
357
195
160
130
96
95
86
79
67
58
39
31
30
29
28
22
19
18
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIRER:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
SAULT 5.94 bits
15.1% →
SLATE 5.76 bits
8.3% →
SLANT 5.52 bits
6.8% →
COAST 5.37 bits
5.5% →
TRACE 4.90 bits
4.1% →
SALTY 4.31 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.73 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.52 bits
3.3% →
SAULT 3.82 bits
2.8% →
PRINT 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1R1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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