5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WITHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɪθ//wɪð//waɪð/

Noun

A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

Noun

A band of twisted twigs.

Verb

To bind with withes.

Verb

To beat with withes.

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 WITHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WITHE 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,027 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__H_ W in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOLAR SORAL SNAIL SONAR ROACH
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WITHE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,027 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WITHE ranks #7,027 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
8
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
265
215
173
158
106
97
68
65
58
48
44
44
43
40
37
34
27
26
25
22
22
18
17
16
15
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WITHE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
SALON 5.81 bits
11.2% →
SOLAR 5.21 bits
9.1% →
SORAL 4.86 bits
7.3% →
SNAIL 5.11 bits
6.7% →
SONAR 5.36 bits
4.5% →
ROACH 5.16 bits
4.1% →
SLART 4.89 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SONLY 4.19 bits
2.5% →
SONAR 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1T1H4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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