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Wordle solver,
enter clues, find the answer.
Type your guesses into the 6×5 grid and click each letter to mark it green (correct position), yellow (wrong position), or gray (not in word). The solver instantly filters every possible answer in real time — no page reloads, no server needed.
Type letters on your keyboard · ↵ to advance row · ⌫ to delete · click any letter to cycle colour
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Type a guess on the left, then click each letter to mark it green (correct), yellow (present), or gray (absent). Possible answers appear here instantly.
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Strategy guide
How this solver works and how to use Wordle clues like a pro.
Wordle gives you six attempts to guess a secret five-letter word. After each guess, every letter is coloured to guide your next attempt:
- Green: the letter is correct and in exactly the right position.
- Yellow: the letter exists in the word but is in a different position.
- Gray: the letter does not appear in the word (with one important caveat (see below)).
How the filtering algorithm works
Each clue row translates into a set of constraints. This solver applies all constraints simultaneously across a dictionary of common five-letter English words:
- Green (correct): the answer must have this exact letter at this exact position.
- Yellow (present): the answer contains this letter at least once, but NOT at the indicated position.
- Gray (absent): the answer contains fewer occurrences of this letter than you might think; specifically, no more than the number of green + yellow instances of that letter in the same guess.
This last rule handles the tricky double-letter edge case: if you guess SPEED and the two E's come back yellow then gray, the answer has exactly one E (not zero, not two or more). The solver handles this automatically.
How to use the solver
- Type your first guess into row 1 using your keyboard. Letters fill the cells automatically.
- Click each letter cell to cycle its colour: gray → yellow → green → gray again.
- The results panel on the right updates instantly to show all possible answers matching your clues.
- Press Enter (or use the buttons below the row) to advance to the next row and enter your second guess.
- Click any word in the results list to auto-populate it as your next guess on the board.
- Keep narrowing down until one word remains. That's the answer.
The best Wordle starting words
A great opener simultaneously tests the most common letters in five-letter English words (E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L, C) and avoids repeated letters. Here are the most effective starting words, ranked by the number of unique high-frequency letters they cover:
| Word | Letters tested | Why it's effective |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | C, R, A, N, E | Tests 5 of the top-10 most common letters with no repeats |
| SLATE | S, L, A, T, E | Covers S (most common first letter) plus 4 high-frequency letters |
| TRACE | T, R, A, C, E | Strong vowel coverage plus common consonants |
| ADIEU | A, D, I, E, U | Tests 4 of the 5 English vowels in one guess; reveals vowel pattern early |
| AROSE | A, R, O, S, E | Three vowels plus two of the most common consonants |
| IRATE | I, R, A, T, E | Three vowels including I; tests T and R in strong positions |
| STARE | S, T, A, R, E | All five letters appear in thousands of common words |
There is no single "perfect" first word. The optimal choice depends on which words are still in the game's answer pool, which changes every day. However, the words above perform consistently well because they cover letters that appear in the widest range of answers.
Two-guess openings
Some players use a fixed two-word opener to cover 10 high-frequency letters before they start applying feedback. Popular pairs:
- CRANE + STOIC: tests C,R,A,N,E,S,T,O,I and a second C (slight overlap but very strong coverage)
- SLATE + CRONY: tests S,L,A,T,E,C,R,O,N,Y, covering 10 distinct high-frequency letters
- ADIEU + STORY: 4 vowels in guess 1, then S,T,O,R,Y in guess 2
The tradeoff: spending two guesses on pure information means you only have four guesses to solve the puzzle. This works well if you play on Normal mode but can be risky on Hard mode (where you must use all confirmed letters in every subsequent guess).
Hard mode strategy
In Wordle's Hard mode, every subsequent guess must use all revealed green letters (in their correct positions) and all yellow letters (somewhere in the word). This means you can't "throw away" a guess to gather information; every guess must be a legitimate candidate.
Hard mode tips:
- Avoid the trap of guessing only with known letters.If you have CRANE → and C is green, R is green but you have no idea about the last two letters, don't just guess CREWS, CRABS, CROWN in sequence. Use this solver to see all options at once and pick the one that tests the most new letters while satisfying the constraints.
- Watch for repeated letters early. Many Hard mode failures come from being stuck in a loop of CR____ guesses when the answer has a double letter (like CREAK vs CREEK). If the solver shows 5+ answers all starting the same way, check whether a double letter could be at play.
Letter frequency in five-letter English words
The 10 most common letters in five-letter Wordle-style words, in order of frequency:
E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L, C
The least common letters are Q, Z, X, J, V. If your guess produces a gray Q or Z, you've lost relatively little information since those letters rarely appear anyway.
The most common starting letters are S, C, B, T, P. The most common ending letters are E, Y, T, R, L. 'S' is by far the most common starting letter; words like SHAKE, SMILE, SPOKE, SPARE, STARE, SLIDE all open with S.
How Wordle's clue system handles duplicate letters
This is the most misunderstood aspect of Wordle, and the reason a simple "does the word contain this letter?" check is not enough:
Example: The answer is ABBEY. You guess SPEED.
- Wordle first marks all exact matches (greens).
- For remaining letters, it works through your guess left to right, marking yellows only for letters that still have an unmatched copy in the answer.
- ABBEY has one E. Your SPEED has two E's. The first E in SPEED gets yellow (there's one E in ABBEY, not yet matched). The second E in SPEED gets gray (the only E in ABBEY is already accounted for).
What this tells you: the answer has exactly one E, and that E is not at position 2 (where the first E appeared in your guess). This solver's algorithm correctly infers the minimum and maximum count of each letter from all your guesses combined.