Wordle Solver
Stuck on today’s Wordle? Enter what you know — green letters in position, yellow letters present but elsewhere, gray letters excluded — to see every 5-letter word that still fits.
How to Use the Wordle Solver
Set a length of 5
Wordle answers are always exactly 5 letters. Lock the length filter so you only see qualifying words.
Add greens and yellows
Use the starts-with field for a green in position 1, ends-with for a green in position 5. Add yellow letters as required-contains constraints.
Exclude the gray letters
Any letter Wordle marked gray cannot appear in the answer. Read the filtered results and pick the next guess that covers the most remaining ambiguity.
Tips for Better Results
- Start with a high-information opener: CRANE, SLATE, TRACE, SLANT, or the vowel-heavy AUDIO and ADIEU.
- Plan your second guess to cover untested high-frequency letters. CRANE pairs well with POUND, MIGHT, or DOILY.
- Never waste a guess repeating gray letters. Use the solver to confirm you are not leaving an unused position guessable by a single letter you already know.
- When you have two greens and two yellows, the answer pool is often under 10 words — read them carefully before guessing.
- Watch out for double letters. Words like BERRY, FLUFF, and ALLEY are common Wordle answers. If you have only one of a letter as yellow and gray, the answer has exactly one copy of that letter.
- Use the official Wordle word list for guesses (about 12,000 words) and the smaller answer list (about 2,300) to estimate how many candidates remain.
What is a Wordle Solver?
A Wordle solver narrows the field of possible 5-letter answers by applying every clue you have collected — letters confirmed in position (green), letters present elsewhere (yellow), and letters excluded entirely (gray). Wordle, originally created by Josh Wardle and now run by The New York Times, gives you six guesses to identify a single 5-letter word. The puzzle’s appeal comes from the information-theory game inside it: each guess returns up to 5 colored signals, and a good solver maximizes those signals.
Using a solver does not have to mean cheating. Many players use them after the puzzle is solved to see how close they came to the optimal play, or to learn the strongest second-guess patterns. The classic strategy is to pick one strong opener (CRANE family) and one complementary follow-up that covers the remaining 5–6 most common letters (POUND, DOILY). After two guesses you typically have enough green and yellow data to let the solver narrow the answer to a handful of candidates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do the green, yellow, and gray rules work?
Green means the letter is correct and in the correct position. Yellow means the letter is in the word but in a different position. Gray means the letter is not in the word at all. Enter each of these into the solver to narrow down possible 5-letter answers.
What is the best Wordle starter word?
The strongest openers cover frequent vowels and common consonants. CRANE, SLATE, CRATE, TRACE, and SLANT are top performers because they touch five distinct, high-frequency letters and unlock the most information on turn one. AUDIO and ADIEU are popular vowel-heavy alternatives, useful when you want to lock down vowels first.
Is there a way to solve Wordle in two guesses?
Almost never reliably. The math: even an optimal starter narrows the answer pool to roughly 50–150 candidates on average. Two-guess solves usually require luck. Aim instead for a guaranteed 3- or 4-guess solve using a complementary second guess like POUND or PLUMB after CRANE.
Does the solver know today’s answer?
No — and that is intentional. Showing the answer would defeat the puzzle. The solver narrows the list of legal 5-letter words that match the green/yellow/gray pattern you have already discovered, then you choose the most strategic next guess.
How do I handle double letters?
Double letters are the trickiest case. If your first guess shows one E as yellow and the second E as gray, Wordle is telling you the answer contains exactly one E — and it is not in either of those positions. Enter only one E as a yellow constraint in the solver and exclude both tried positions.
Can I use this for Quordle, Octordle, or NYT Connections?
For Quordle and Octordle, yes — they use the same 5-letter mechanics, so the solver works for each grid independently. Connections uses a different word-grouping format that this tool is not designed for.