5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WOLFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wolf

Noun

Misspelling of wolves.

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 WOLFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOLFS 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 290 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,008 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__F_ W in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STARE RAINE TRINE TRUCE THALE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
290 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOLFS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,008 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOLFS ranks #9,008 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
795
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
22%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
297
268
198
132
75
65
62
52
41
40
39
35
35
24
22
18
17
15
14
13
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOLFS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
12.6% →
STARE 5.70 bits
11.4% →
RAINE 5.42 bits
8.4% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
5.6% →
TRUCE 4.70 bits
3.2% →
THALE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
REACT 4.31 bits
2.6% →
FINER 4.99 bits
2.2% →
CADIE 4.58 bits
1.7% →
BRACE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1L1F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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