5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WISHA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

An expression of surprise.

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 WISHA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WISHA 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,318 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A W in the 1st position and A in the 5th position W__H_ W in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

LOURE CARLE TRINE PORTE STALE CONTE
Words starting with W Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WISHA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,318 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WISHA ranks #10,318 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
17%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
424
204
172
129
112
109
85
68
57
45
42
41
37
27
23
21
21
19
18
17
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WISHA:

19% chance
Suggested:
LOURE
18% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
LOURE 5.82 bits
18.0% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
8.6% →
TRINE 5.36 bits
7.3% →
PORTE 5.34 bits
5.5% →
STALE 4.95 bits
4.7% →
CONTE 5.40 bits
4.6% →
DROLE 4.55 bits
3.6% →
NADIR 4.58 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.32 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1S1H4A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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