Wordle solver

This Wordle solver takes your green, yellow, and grey letters and shows every five-letter word that still fits. It ranks common words first and suggests which letters to test next.

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What each color tells the solver

Green means the letter is correct and in the right spot. Yellow means the letter is in the word but not in that position. Grey means the letter is not in the word at all. The solver uses all three clues at once to narrow the list.

You can enter clues in two ways. Simple mode lets you type green letters by position, yellow letters in any order, and grey letters. Grid mode lets you type each guess one letter per box and tap a letter to cycle its color. Grid mode also learns where a yellow letter is not, because it knows the position you tried it.

How the solver finds words

The solver starts with 8,636 five-letter words from the ENABLE dictionary. ENABLE is a public-domain word list of 172,823 English words. It has no proper nouns, hyphens, or apostrophes. The solver removes any word that conflicts with your green, yellow, or grey clues.

Results are ranked common words first. The ranking uses frequency buckets from Google's web word counts, based on Peter Norvig's list. Words that appear often in everyday text sit near the top. The solver also notes which words test the most useful letters, so a good next guess is easy to spot.

The list comes from a general dictionary, not the game's own answer list. The site does not know the game's answer list or today's answer. It only narrows the candidates. A word here may be rejected by the game, and the game may accept a word not found here.

The double-letter rule

If a letter is grey in one guess but green or yellow elsewhere, the word contains exactly as many copies as the green and yellow marks account for, and no more. For example, if you guess e in one spot and it is grey, but another e is yellow, the word has one e. It cannot have two.

This rule stops the solver from suggesting words with extra copies of a letter you already know is limited. It is one reason the results stay short and useful.

Worked example

Suppose your first guess is crane. The game marks c grey, r yellow, a yellow, n grey, and e green. The solver keeps only five-letter words that have e in the fifth spot, contain r and a somewhere, and do not contain c or n.

From 8,636 five-letter words, the solver removes any word with c or n. It removes any word without e in position five. It removes any word without both r and a. The remaining list is short. Common words appear first, and the solver flags words that test new common letters like t, l, or s.

You can then pick a word from the top of the list. After each guess, add the new colors and the list shrinks again.

Strategy notes

Start with common letters. Letters like e, a, r, i, o, t, n, and s appear in many five-letter words. A first guess with several of them gives you more information.
A yellow letter rules out that position. If r is yellow in spot two, the word does not have r in spot two. The solver removes those words automatically.
Use the ranked list to plan your next guess. A word near the top often tests letters you have not tried yet. That can split the remaining candidates faster than guessing a word that only fits the current clues.

The solver does not attempt multi-word anagrams or proper names. It works only with single five-letter words from the dictionary. For longer words or different letter patterns, try the unscrambler or the word finder.

Frequently asked questions

How does the Wordle solver work?

It takes your green, yellow, and grey letters and filters 8,636 five-letter words from the ENABLE dictionary. Green letters must be in the exact spot. Yellow letters must be in the word but not that spot. Grey letters are removed. Results are ranked common words first.

What does a grey letter mean when I also have it green or yellow?

If a letter is grey in one guess but green or yellow elsewhere, the word has exactly as many copies as the green and yellow marks show. No extra copies. For example, one yellow e and one grey e means the word has one e, not two.

Why does the solver show words that Wordle might not accept?

The solver uses ENABLE, a general dictionary of 172,823 words. It is close to but not the same as the game's answer list. A word here may be rejected by the game, and the game may accept a word not found here. The solver narrows candidates; it does not know the answer list.

Can I use the solver to find today's Wordle answer?

The solver does not know today's answer or the game's answer list. It only narrows the five-letter words that fit your clues. You still pick from the ranked list. The more guesses you enter, the shorter the list becomes.

What is the best first guess for Wordle?

A word with common letters like e, a, r, i, o, t, n, and s gives you more information. The solver ranks words by how many frequently occurring letters they contain, so a good next guess often sits near the top of the results.