How many five-letter guesses does Wordle accept?

The full dictionary contains 14,855 accepted five-letter guesses, including all of the possible answers shown here.

Do the filters understand green, yellow, and grey letters?

Yes. Put green letters at the start or end under Starts with or Ends with, yellow letters under Contains, and grey letters under Excludes.

Wordle Words: Complete Answer & Guess Dictionary

Five-letter word finder

Search 2,245 possible answers and 14,855 accepted guesses. Filter by letters, vowel count, and repeats.

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Start with the 2,245 possible answers. That list cuts out obscure guesses and keeps the results focused on words that could actually solve the puzzle. Stuck with an awkward group of letters? Widen the search to all 14,855 accepted guesses. The full dictionary is 6.6 times larger, so it is useful for testing letters but can add plenty of unlikely answers.

Which letters earn a place in an early guess?

In the answer list, E appears in 45.4% of words; A and R come next. We count a letter once per word, even when it is repeated. A common letter will not guarantee a good guess, but testing several of the leaders at once usually tells you more than chasing a rare letter too soon.

45.4%

39.1%

36.3%

28.8%

28.6%

28.2%

27.7%

26.9%

23.9%

19.9%

First letters are not spread evenly

S opens 15.8% of possible answers, well ahead of C and B. That changes how much a green first tile helps: a common opener can still leave a long list, while an unusual one may narrow the puzzle quickly.

15.8%

8.6%

7.4%

6.3%

6.1%

5.7%

5.1%

4.8%

4.7%

Endings tell their own story

Look at the other end of the word and the order changes. E finishes 18.2% of possible answers, with Y in second place. Because those endings occur so often, finding one in green may leave more choices than you expect.

18.2%

16.0%

10.7%

9.2%

6.5%

5.9%

5.7%

5.2%

4.9%

2.7%

How many vowels do answers have?

For this count, vowels are A, E, I, O, and U; Y stays in the consonant group. 2 vowels is the most common pattern in possible answers. Words with zero or four vowels are genuine outliers.

0.5%

31.8%

57.8%

9.8%

0.1%

Don't rule out a repeated letter

Do not rule out a word simply because one letter appears twice. The answer list contains 728 words with a repeat—32.4%, or roughly one in 3. The other 1,517 use five different letters. If four tiles seem to fit but no new letter works, trying a repeated letter is often the right next move.

Repeated

32.4%

All distinct

67.6%

How to use the word finder

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Starts with: Use this for green letters fixed at the beginning.
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Ends with: Use this for green letters fixed at the end.
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Contains: Put every yellow letter that must appear somewhere here.
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Excludes: Add grey letters here to remove any word that uses them.

Wordle words FAQ

The finder includes 2,245 possible answers. This shorter list is the best choice when you are trying to identify the solution.