This Wordle solver takes the colours from your guesses and lists every five letter word that still fits, with everyday words first. It also suggests a next guess that should shrink the list quickly, and it works just as well for today's Canuckle.
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How to use the Wordle solver
There are two ways to tell the solver what you know. Pick the one that matches how you play.
Colour tiles
- Type the word you guessed into the Guess 1 box.
- Tap each tile until it matches what the game showed. Tiles go from not in word (grey) to wrong spot (yellow) to right spot. On a keyboard, tab to a tile and press X, Y or G.
- Press "Add another guess" for each guess after that.
The list of possible answers updates as you go. Tile mode follows the game's own colour rules, so repeated letters are handled properly.
Quick clues
If you only remember the clues and not the exact guesses, switch to Quick clues. Put right-spot letters in their place, wrong-spot letters under the spot where they showed up, and letters that aren't in the word in the last box.
A worked example
Say the hidden word is MAPLE and you open with RATES, which is what the solver suggests before you enter anything. The game shows R grey, A green, T grey, E yellow and S grey.
Enter that and the solver reports 85 possible answers, 24 of them everyday words such as BADGE, CABLE, CANOE, DANCE, EAGLE and FABLE. Its next suggestion is CLING. That word can't win (it has no A), but its letters split the remaining answers well.
Now suppose you play CLOAK instead. The tiles come back C grey, L yellow, O grey, A yellow, K grey. Add that row and the list drops to 18 words, of which only 8 are common: EAGLE, FABLE, GABLE, HALVE, LADLE, MAPLE, VALUE and VALVE. One more guess that tests letters like G, V and M sorts those out.
How the next guess is picked
For each letter, the solver counts how many of the remaining answers contain it. A letter found in about half of them tells you the most, whatever colour it turns, so it scores highest. A letter in nearly every answer, or almost none, tells you little and scores low. There is a smaller bonus for putting a letter in the spot where it most often sits.
Everyday words count for more than rare ones, because daily puzzles tend to use familiar words. Suggestions also come from everyday words, so you won't be told to type something you have never seen.
Sometimes the best splitting word can't be the answer. In that case the solver also shows the best word that could still win, so you can choose between playing safe and going for it on the spot.
Repeated letters, done the Wordle way
Double letters confuse a lot of players. If you guess a word with two Es and the answer has only one, one E is coloured and the other turns grey. That grey E doesn't mean "no E". It means "no second E".
The solver checks each word by working out the exact colours it would have given for your guess, and keeps it only if every tile matches. Guess EERIE when the answer is LEVER and you get yellow, green, yellow, grey, grey. The solver reads that as exactly two Es (one in the second spot, none in the first or last), an R somewhere other than the middle, and no I.
Tips for solving in fewer guesses
- Open with common letters. Words like RATES or CRANE test several of the most used letters at once.
- Use five fresh letters on guess two. Early on, a word with all new letters usually teaches you more than one that repeats a green.
- Watch for word families. Patterns like _ATCH can leave BATCH, CATCH, HATCH, LATCH, MATCH, PATCH and WATCH. Guessing them one by one can run you out of turns, so play a word that tests several of those first letters together.
- Think about doubles when the list stalls. If nothing obvious fits, answers like SPEED, ABBEY or LLAMA may be hiding.
It helps with Canuckle too
Canuckle uses the same five letter grid and the same rules, with answers that lean Canadian. The one difference you'll notice is colour: Canuckle marks a letter in the right spot in red rather than green. In the solver, set those tiles to right spot (the green tile, or press R) and enter everything else exactly as you would for Wordle. If you would rather get a nudge than a full list, start with today's Canuckle hints. For extra practice between daily puzzles, Unlimited Canuckle lets you play as many rounds as you like.
Working on a longer grid? The 6 letter Wordle solver and the 7 letter Wordle helper are set up for those. For a step-by-step approach to openers and second guesses, read how to win Wordle every time.