5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WOOTZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wuːts/

Noun

A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.

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 WOOTZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOOTZ 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 54.9% of games, misses completely in 45.1%, and leaves about 565 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,284 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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__T_ W in the 1st position and T in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE REAST CARLE CANER CRANE RAISE
Words starting with W Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

3.15 Entropy (bits)
565 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOOTZ 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,284 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOOTZ ranks #14,284 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
586
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
439
6 guesses
26
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:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
28%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1063
364
153
116
111
93
44
44
44
43
40
23
22
20
19
15
13
13
13
10
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOOTZ:

45% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
REAST
6% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.1% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
15.4% →
REAST 5.59 bits
6.5% →
CARLE 4.84 bits
4.9% →
CANER 5.26 bits
4.7% →
CRANE 5.10 bits
3.9% →
RAISE 4.76 bits
1.9% →
NAICE 3.85 bits
1.9% →
SANER 4.57 bits
1.9% →
CRINE 4.70 bits
1.8% →
STURE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1O1T1Z10
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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