5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

WREST

WREST is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɛst/

Verb

To pull or twist violently.

Verb

To obtain by pulling or violent force.

“He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.”

Noun

The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.

Noun

A key to tune a stringed instrument.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 WREST performs as a guess

WREST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,970 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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 5th position W__S_ W in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

COALY LIANE AINEE CAROL SNAIL TITAN
Words starting with W Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WREST 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,970 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WREST ranks #1,970 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
15
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:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
C R E P T
W R E S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WREST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

367
262
168
139
123
110
77
68
67
54
54
48
44
39
36
35
34
31
30
29
29
24
20
19
18
18
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WREST:

16% chance
Suggested:
COALY
11% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
7% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
COALY 5.73 bits
11.1% →
LIANE 5.40 bits
7.1% →
AINEE 4.28 bits
5.9% →
CAROL 5.31 bits
5.2% →
SNAIL 5.06 bits
4.7% →
TITAN 5.03 bits
3.3% →
DRAIN 4.22 bits
2.9% →
ANILE 4.48 bits
2.8% →
LATTE 4.76 bits
2.3% →
PLANE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1E1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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