5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WURST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɝst//vɝst//vʊɹst/

Noun

A German- or Austrian-style sausage.

Alternative forms: würst

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 WURST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WURST 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,622 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE LAIDE PLANE TITLE MAILE CLONE
Words starting with W Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WURST 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,622 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WURST ranks #2,622 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
323
147
142
78
77
72
69
69
66
61
46
40
36
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28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WURST:

22% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
14% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
6% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
LIANE 6.24 bits
13.7% →
LAIDE 5.35 bits
6.2% →
PLANE 5.48 bits
6.0% →
TITLE 5.24 bits
3.3% →
MAILE 4.14 bits
3.3% →
LIANE 4.78 bits
3.1% →
CLONE 4.85 bits
2.9% →
PLATE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
CANOE 4.78 bits
2.8% →
AINEE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4U1R1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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