5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WYLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

An English surname, a variant of Wiles

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 WYLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WYLES 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,820 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN CRANE CLAIM STAIR IRATE DAIRY
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WYLES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,820 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WYLES ranks #9,820 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
312
174
172
146
144
143
115
60
54
52
46
38
37
28
26
21
21
21
20
19
19
17
15
13
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WYLES:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLAIM

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TRAIN 6.21 bits
13.2% →
CRANE 5.34 bits
7.4% →
CLAIM 4.88 bits
7.3% →
STAIR 5.31 bits
6.2% →
IRATE 3.97 bits
6.1% →
DAIRY 4.26 bits
6.1% →
STAIR 4.77 bits
4.9% →
BLATE 4.52 bits
2.5% →
SAIST 4.36 bits
2.3% →
ARENE 3.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4Y4L1E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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