5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

WISPY

WISPY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪspi/

Adjective

Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.

“The wispy smoke rose from chimneys all around town.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 WISPY performs as a guess

WISPY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 322 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,045 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__P_ W in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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ROATE STARE CRANE BALER RONTE CARNE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
322 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WISPY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,045 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WISPY ranks #8,045 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
28%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F I S H Y
W I S P Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WISPY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

741
276
252
175
104
95
68
63
53
40
35
29
28
26
24
22
22
22
22
19
18
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11
10
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WISPY:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
ROATE 6.14 bits
11.7% →
STARE 5.67 bits
10.7% →
CRANE 5.53 bits
7.4% →
BALER 4.79 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.84 bits
4.0% →
CARNE 5.41 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.42 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 4.75 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 4.62 bits
1.7% →
TRACE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1S1P3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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