About Wordle Solver

What is Wordle?

Wordle is a word guessing game where you have 6 attempts to guess a secret 5-letter word. After each guess, you get feedback:

• Green - The letter is correct and in the right position
• Yellow - The letter is in the word but in the wrong position
• Gray - The letter is not in the word

Play the original at NYT Wordle.

This solver also works really well with Quordle.

How to Use This Solver

1. Type your guess into the letter boxes
2. Click the colored squares next to each letter to set the hint (gray/yellow/green) that Wordle gave you
3. Click "Get Best Guesses" to see what word the solver recommends
4. Repeat for each guess until you solve it!

You can also use arrow keys to navigate between boxes, and Enter to submit.

How the Solver Works

Here's the algorithm:

1. Start with the list of all possible words that could still be the answer.
2. For each possible guess, determine the worst possible hint that could be returned by the Wordle game.
3. Choose the guess that minimizes this worst case.

This "minimax" approach asks: "If I'm unlucky and get the worst possible hint, which guess leaves me in the best position?"

This strategy may not be perfectly optimal in all cases, but it works pretty well in practice.

Trying to get it in one

As of 20260504, based on possible solutions I have that haven't been used yet, these are the best words to try and get it on the first guess. Note that "arose" is one of the most popular first word guesses, so I think it's unlikely that Wordle will actually use it.

Word	Remaining Possibilities
arose	189
renal	223
aider	228
saner	229
steal	229
sepia	241
eclat	242
cleat	242
afire	245
oaken	247
sauce	249
entry	250
nosey	251
shale	251
rinse	253
caste	255
ovate	257
anime	257
haute	259
urine	263
sonar	265
arson	265
dealt	266
meaty	268
roast	271
utile	274
paler	275
tread	278
gayer	278
payer	279
tamer	279
parse	280
abuse	283
tonal	285
plier	287
taker	288
fetal	295
paste	295
penal	296
safer	298