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WITHS

WITHS is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of with

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

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As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How WITHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WITHS as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,162 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__H_ W in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in WITHS.

First-turn measures

All four describe WITHS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.18 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How WITHS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#7,162 Rank among openers
Opening with WITHS solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,162 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
18%
All gray
29%

When WITHS is useful later

WITHS tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 2 of 54 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.

After TARSE: 3 candidates, normal mode

TARSE: 00002 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

BUNDE: 00002 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

OXIME: 00002 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

LEEZE: 12002 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: HELVE, PEPLE, WELKE.

With a budget of 2 more guesses, WITHS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After ROATE: 3 candidates, normal mode

ROATE: 10101 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

AWNER: 10011 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

ZEBRA: 01012 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: CREMA, ERICA, PRESA.

With a budget of 3 more guesses, WITHS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds WITHS

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 303 after. This feedback leaves 303 candidates.

    All 303 surviving candidates

    BHUTS, BINTS, BITOS, BITTS, BLITS, BLOTS, BOLTS, BOOTS, BOTOS, BOTTS, BOUTS, BUNTS, BUSTI, BUSTS, BUSTY, BUTTS, CHITS, CHUTS, CISTS, CLITS, CLOTS, COITS, COLTS, COOTS, COSTS, COTHS, COTTS, CUITS, CULTS, CUNTS, CUTIS, CYSTS, DICTS, DINTS, DITTS, DOITS, DOLTS, DOUTS, DOWTS, DUCTS, DUITS, DUNTS, DUSTS, DUSTY, FISTS, FISTY, FITTS, FLITS, FONTS, FOOTS, FUNTS, FUSTS, FUSTY, GIFTS, GILTS, GISTS, GLITS, GLUTS, GOSHT, GOTHS, GOUTS, GUSTO, GUSTS, GUSTY, HILTS, HINTS, HISTS, HOLTS, HOOTS, HOSTS, HOTIS, HOUTS, HUNTS, ICTUS, INTIS, JILTS, JITIS, JOLTS, JUSTS, KILTS, KISTS, KITHS, KNITS, KNOTS, KNUTS, KOTOS, KUSTI, KUTIS, KUTUS, LIFTS, LILTS, LINTS, LISTS, LITHS, LOFTS, LOOTS, LOTOS, LOTUS, LOUTS, LOWTS, LUNTS, LUSTS, LUSTY, MILTS, MINTS, MISTO, MISTS, MISTY, MITIS, MITTS, MOITS, MOLTS, MOOTS, MOSTO, MOSTS, MOTHS, MOTIS, MOTTS, MOTUS, MUNTS, MUSIT, MUSTH, MUSTS, MUSTY, MUTIS, MUTTS, MYTHS, NOWTS, OBITS, OINTS, OMITS, OONTS, OPSIT, OTTOS, OUSTS, PHOTS, PHUTS, PINTS, PITHS, PLOTS, POLTS, PONTS, POOTS, POSIT, POSTS, POTTS, POUTS, PSHUT, PUNTS, PUTOS, PUTTS, PYOTS, QUITS, SCOOT, SCOTS, SCOUT, SCUFT, SCUTS, SHIFT, SHITS, SHOOT, SHOTS, SHOTT, SHOUT, SHTIK, SHTUM, SHTUP, SHUNT, SHUTS, SICHT, SIFTS, SIGHT, SILTS, SILTY, SISTS, SITCH, SITUP, SITUS, SIXTH, SIXTY, SKINT, SKITS, SLIPT, SLITS, SLOOT, SLOTH, SLOTS, SLUIT, SLUTS, SMITH, SMITS, SMOLT, SMOOT, SMOUT, SMOWT, SMUTS, SNIFT, SNITS, SNOOT, SNOTS, SNOUT, SOFTS, SOFTY, SOOTH, SOOTS, SOOTY, SOTHS, SOTOL, SOTTO, SOUCT, SOUTH, SOUTS, SOWTH, SPILT, SPITS, SPITZ, SPLIT, SPOOT, SPOTS, SPOUT, SQUIT, STICH, STICK, STIFF, STILB, STILL, STILT, STIMS, STIMY, STING, STINK, STINT, STIVY, STOBS, STOCK, STOGS, STOGY, STOIC, STOIT, STOLN, STOMP, STOND, STONG, STONK, STONN, STONY, STOOD, STOOK, STOOL, STOOP, STOPS, STOPT, STOTS, STOTT, STOUN, STOUP, STOUT, STOWN, STOWP, STOWS, STUBS, STUCK, STUCS, STUDS, STUDY, STUFF, STULL, STULM, STUMM, STUMP, STUMS, STUNG, STUNK, STUNS, STUNT, STYLI, STYLO, STYMY, SUINT, SUITS, SUNTS, SWIFT, SWITH, SWITS, SWOPT, SWOTS, SYNTH, UNITS, VINTS, VISIT, VISTO, VOLTS, WHITS, WIFTS, WILTS, WISHT, WISTS, WITHS, WONTS, XYSTI, XYSTS, YUFTS, ZITIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test POUTS against the 303 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    303 before → 9 after. This feedback leaves 9 candidates.

    All 9 surviving candidates

    INTIS, JITIS, KITHS, LITHS, MITIS, MYTHS, STIMS, WITHS, ZITIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 10.767. Information: 3.452 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test JITIS against the 9 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    9 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    KITHS, LITHS, WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.889. Information: 2.419 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test KITHS against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    LITHS, WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.667. Information: 0.918 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test LITHS against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 1.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 6 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 5.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 303 after. This feedback leaves 303 candidates.

    All 303 surviving candidates

    BHUTS, BINTS, BITOS, BITTS, BLITS, BLOTS, BOLTS, BOOTS, BOTOS, BOTTS, BOUTS, BUNTS, BUSTI, BUSTS, BUSTY, BUTTS, CHITS, CHUTS, CISTS, CLITS, CLOTS, COITS, COLTS, COOTS, COSTS, COTHS, COTTS, CUITS, CULTS, CUNTS, CUTIS, CYSTS, DICTS, DINTS, DITTS, DOITS, DOLTS, DOUTS, DOWTS, DUCTS, DUITS, DUNTS, DUSTS, DUSTY, FISTS, FISTY, FITTS, FLITS, FONTS, FOOTS, FUNTS, FUSTS, FUSTY, GIFTS, GILTS, GISTS, GLITS, GLUTS, GOSHT, GOTHS, GOUTS, GUSTO, GUSTS, GUSTY, HILTS, HINTS, HISTS, HOLTS, HOOTS, HOSTS, HOTIS, HOUTS, HUNTS, ICTUS, INTIS, JILTS, JITIS, JOLTS, JUSTS, KILTS, KISTS, KITHS, KNITS, KNOTS, KNUTS, KOTOS, KUSTI, KUTIS, KUTUS, LIFTS, LILTS, LINTS, LISTS, LITHS, LOFTS, LOOTS, LOTOS, LOTUS, LOUTS, LOWTS, LUNTS, LUSTS, LUSTY, MILTS, MINTS, MISTO, MISTS, MISTY, MITIS, MITTS, MOITS, MOLTS, MOOTS, MOSTO, MOSTS, MOTHS, MOTIS, MOTTS, MOTUS, MUNTS, MUSIT, MUSTH, MUSTS, MUSTY, MUTIS, MUTTS, MYTHS, NOWTS, OBITS, OINTS, OMITS, OONTS, OPSIT, OTTOS, OUSTS, PHOTS, PHUTS, PINTS, PITHS, PLOTS, POLTS, PONTS, POOTS, POSIT, POSTS, POTTS, POUTS, PSHUT, PUNTS, PUTOS, PUTTS, PYOTS, QUITS, SCOOT, SCOTS, SCOUT, SCUFT, SCUTS, SHIFT, SHITS, SHOOT, SHOTS, SHOTT, SHOUT, SHTIK, SHTUM, SHTUP, SHUNT, SHUTS, SICHT, SIFTS, SIGHT, SILTS, SILTY, SISTS, SITCH, SITUP, SITUS, SIXTH, SIXTY, SKINT, SKITS, SLIPT, SLITS, SLOOT, SLOTH, SLOTS, SLUIT, SLUTS, SMITH, SMITS, SMOLT, SMOOT, SMOUT, SMOWT, SMUTS, SNIFT, SNITS, SNOOT, SNOTS, SNOUT, SOFTS, SOFTY, SOOTH, SOOTS, SOOTY, SOTHS, SOTOL, SOTTO, SOUCT, SOUTH, SOUTS, SOWTH, SPILT, SPITS, SPITZ, SPLIT, SPOOT, SPOTS, SPOUT, SQUIT, STICH, STICK, STIFF, STILB, STILL, STILT, STIMS, STIMY, STING, STINK, STINT, STIVY, STOBS, STOCK, STOGS, STOGY, STOIC, STOIT, STOLN, STOMP, STOND, STONG, STONK, STONN, STONY, STOOD, STOOK, STOOL, STOOP, STOPS, STOPT, STOTS, STOTT, STOUN, STOUP, STOUT, STOWN, STOWP, STOWS, STUBS, STUCK, STUCS, STUDS, STUDY, STUFF, STULL, STULM, STUMM, STUMP, STUMS, STUNG, STUNK, STUNS, STUNT, STYLI, STYLO, STYMY, SUINT, SUITS, SUNTS, SWIFT, SWITH, SWITS, SWOPT, SWOTS, SYNTH, UNITS, VINTS, VISIT, VISTO, VOLTS, WHITS, WIFTS, WILTS, WISHT, WISTS, WITHS, WONTS, XYSTI, XYSTS, YUFTS, ZITIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test POUTS against the 303 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    303 before → 9 after. This feedback leaves 9 candidates.

    All 9 surviving candidates

    INTIS, JITIS, KITHS, LITHS, MITIS, MYTHS, STIMS, WITHS, ZITIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 10.767. Information: 3.452 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test JITIS against the 9 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    9 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    KITHS, LITHS, WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.889. Information: 2.419 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test KITHS against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    LITHS, WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.667. Information: 0.918 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test LITHS against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 1.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WITHS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 6 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 5.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE10010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)30366
CRANE00000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)178766
SLATE10010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)18366
ADIEU00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)83255
STARE11000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)28066
AUDIO00010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)138766
RAISE00110 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)38666
ROATE00010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)25666
SALET10001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)27466
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 1 · 6 guesses: 8 · Failed in six: 0
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 1 · 6 guesses: 8 · Failed in six: 0

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 5–6 guesses among successes; 0 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

49 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include WHATS, WAITS, WHIPS, WHIMS, WHIGS, WESTS, WASHY, WRITS, WHIST, WILTS. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The worked board still allows 9 different answers at one later decision: INTIS, JITIS, KITHS, LITHS, MITIS, MYTHS, STIMS, WITHS, ZITIS. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: INTIS, JITIS, KITHS, LITHS, MITIS, MYTHS, STIMS, WITHS, ZITIS.

A lesson from this route

Before JITIS, 9 words still fit. Its feedback left 3; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

WITHS can come back 85 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

695 answers
213 answers
202 answers
177 answers
124 answers
111 answers
100 answers
72 answers
65 answers
60 answers
58 answers
55 answers
48 answers
30 answers
27 answers
24 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
16 answers
13 answers
10 answers
10 answers
10 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1T1H4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Try next

CARLE CRANE PARLE ALURE SOARE COREY

Strategy after playing WITHS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to WITHS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WITHS:

29% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
CARLE 6.11 bits
8.9% →
CRANE 5.47 bits
8.4% →
PARLE 5.65 bits
7.4% →
ALURE 5.52 bits
5.2% →
SOARE 4.85 bits
4.6% →
COREY 5.41 bits
4.2% →
DROLE 4.71 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
SERAL 4.73 bits
2.5% →
SPINE 4.64 bits

Research on WITHS

Game-tree analysis and word research for WITHS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with WITHS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.76 guesses and ranks #8,404 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with WITHS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.76, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
WITHS sits in the rare band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words in the source corpus. Corpus frequency does not measure every reader’s familiarity.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.5 of 5).

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).