5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WRITS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of writ

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 WRITS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WRITS 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,533 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__T_ W in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE RAREE SLANE CLEAT LIANE CANOE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WRITS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,533 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WRITS ranks #3,533 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
201
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
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
245
187
141
141
101
84
75
69
63
62
60
50
40
36
33
31
29
27
25
23
21
16
16
16
15
15
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WRITS:

19% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAREE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

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
7.9% →
SLANE 5.48 bits
6.0% →
CLEAT 5.19 bits
6.0% →
LIANE 5.09 bits
4.3% →
CANOE 4.82 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.76 bits
3.2% →
CLONE 4.96 bits
2.9% →
PORAE 4.77 bits
2.7% →
TERRA 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1I1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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