5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

WRIST

Yes, WRIST was the Wordle answer on April 5, 2024 (Wordle #1021).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪst/

Noun

The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

“With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.”

Noun

A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Verb

To hit a wrist shot.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 5, 2024 (#1021).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How WRIST performs as a guess

WRIST 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,663 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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

ALONE RAREE LIANE HAOLE CANOE CLONE
Words starting with W Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WRIST 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,663 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WRIST ranks #1,663 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
995
4 guesses
1,089
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
13
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:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
F I R S T
W R I S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WRIST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
245
141
134
121
101
75
70
69
68
60
59
53
45
40
31
31
29
27
27
23
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WRIST:

19% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAREE
6% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
ALONE 6.07 bits
10.4% →
RAREE 5.08 bits
6.0% →
LIANE 5.09 bits
5.7% →
HAOLE 5.14 bits
5.1% →
HAOLE 5.37 bits
4.3% →
CANOE 4.82 bits
3.2% →
CLONE 4.96 bits
3.0% →
CLADE 4.91 bits
2.9% →
HAOLE 4.87 bits
2.9% →
PLATE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1I1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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