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WROTE

Yes, WROTE was the Wordle answer on November 25, 2021 (Wordle #159).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹəʊt//ɹoʊt/

Verb

simple past of write

“We all wrote down the instructions.”

Verb

past participle of write

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: November 25, 2021 (#159).

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

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How WROTE performs as a guess

WROTE 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,583 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___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position W__T_ W in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SADLY ALIEN RENAL SAUNT COALY
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WROTE 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
0.71 Volatility
#3,583 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WROTE ranks #3,583 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
W R O T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WROTE in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
163
156
143
129
124
97
86
64
57
53
52
45
43
36
34
32
32
31
31
30
28
27
26
25
25
24
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WROTE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
SADLY
7% chance
Suggested:
ALIEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SLAIN 5.94 bits
6.9% →
SADLY 4.70 bits
6.6% →
ALIEN 5.25 bits
6.1% →
RENAL 4.39 bits
5.5% →
SAUNT 5.21 bits
5.3% →
COALY 4.75 bits
4.1% →
CARRY 4.89 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.81 bits
2.7% →
CAROM 4.51 bits
2.4% →
BRICK 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1O1T1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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