5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WOOLD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwuːld/

Verb

To wind a chain or rope around in order to strengthen (especially a mast or yard).

Noun

Archaic form of weld (“dyer's rocket”).

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 WOOLD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOOLD 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 62.5% of games, misses completely in 37.5%, and leaves about 408 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,623 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___D W in the 1st position and D in the 5th position W__L_ W in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAISE RAINE CRUET MANOR SAUTE
Words starting with W Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
408 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOOLD 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,623 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOOLD ranks #11,623 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
340
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
33%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

885
309
135
130
118
103
102
57
43
42
36
33
20
20
20
18
17
17
15
14
12
12
12
12
11
9
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOOLD:

38% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
6% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.5% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
13.1% →
RAISE 5.38 bits
5.7% →
RAINE 5.49 bits
5.5% →
CRUET 4.97 bits
5.0% →
MANOR 5.27 bits
4.4% →
SAUTE 4.98 bits
4.3% →
STARE 4.91 bits
2.4% →
ARISE 4.60 bits
1.8% →
REAST 4.83 bits
1.8% →
TRICE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1O1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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