5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WORDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɜːdz//wɜɹdz/

Noun

plural of word

Noun

Angry debate or conversation; argument.

“After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of word

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 WORDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WORDS 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,350 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__D_ W in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE PALET STALE ALINE ANILE THALE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WORDS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,350 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WORDS ranks #6,350 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
867
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

544
279
275
122
106
106
88
73
70
66
57
35
33
32
27
26
25
23
22
22
21
20
20
17
16
15
13
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WORDS:

23% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
PALET
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
LIANE 6.18 bits
11.8% →
PALET 5.29 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.74 bits
5.2% →
ALINE 5.27 bits
4.5% →
ANILE 5.40 bits
4.5% →
THALE 4.46 bits
3.7% →
PATER 4.22 bits
3.1% →
SPATE 4.93 bits
3.0% →
CAGEY 4.65 bits
2.8% →
DRIED 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1R1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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