5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

WITES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of wite

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wite

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 WITES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WITES 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,044 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position WI_ES W in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE CAIRN SCALP SOLAR TROUT
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WITES 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,044 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WITES ranks #6,044 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
13
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:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
286
147
142
133
116
98
87
81
65
57
56
48
38
36
34
29
28
26
24
24
24
22
22
21
19
19
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WITES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
CAROL 5.90 bits
12.1% →
LEARE 5.40 bits
6.2% →
CAIRN 5.37 bits
6.0% →
SCALP 5.07 bits
5.6% →
SOLAR 4.12 bits
4.9% →
TROUT 5.10 bits
4.2% →
SORAL 4.57 bits
3.7% →
REATE 4.91 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.43 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1T1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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