Wordle Solver
Enter your Wordle clues below — known letters (green), misplaced letters (yellow), and excluded letters (grey) — to instantly find every matching 5-letter word.
Enter Your Clues
Green = correct position | Use the fields below for Yellow misplaced letters
Wordle Strategy Tips
Best opening words: CRANE, SLATE, AUDIO, and RAISE test the most common Wordle letters (E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S) in one guess.
Avoid repeated letters early: Your first 2 guesses should contain 10 unique letters to maximise information from the colour feedback.
Vowel probe: AUDIO covers 4 of the 5 vowels in one guess — an excellent second word if your opener had few vowels.
Common endings: Wordle answers often end in -ER, -ED, -LY, -NT, or -NG. Keep these patterns in mind when filtering candidates.
Complete Wordle Strategy Guide
How the Wordle Solver Works
The WordVault Wordle Solver uses constraint-based filtering to narrow down the full 12,000+ word database to only the words that match your exact clues. It applies three types of constraints simultaneously:
- Green constraints — letters in a confirmed position. The solver keeps only words that have that exact letter at that exact position.
- Yellow constraints — letters present in the word but not at the position you guessed. The solver keeps words containing that letter, but excludes words where it appears in the position you already tried.
- Grey constraints — letters confirmed absent from the word. The solver eliminates any word containing those letters.
After each Wordle guess, enter the updated clues and click "Find Words" again. The results narrow down automatically, usually reaching a single answer or small group within 3–4 guesses.
Choosing the Best Opening Word
The mathematically optimal first guess maximizes the expected information gained from the colour feedback. Analysis of the full Wordle word list consistently surfaces a few top performers:
- CRANE — covers C, R, A, N, E — five high-frequency letters, strong across all positions
- SLATE — covers S, L, A, T, E — S and T appear frequently at the end of Wordle answers
- RAISE — covers R, A, I, S, E — hits all five most-common vowels except O and U
- AUDIO — covers A, U, D, I, O — best single-guess vowel coverage (four vowels)
There is no single "best" word — it depends on whether you prioritise entropy (information theory) or comfort. CRANE and SLATE perform best in pure win-rate simulations. AUDIO is best for players who want to identify vowels first.
Two-Guess Opening Theory
Elite Wordle players plan their first two guesses as a pair to cover 10 unique letters before committing to a specific word theory. Some strong two-guess combos:
- CRANE + OUBLI — covers the 9 most common letters plus B
- SLATE + CORNI — strong vowel and consonant spread
- AUDIO + STERN — covers all major vowels plus S, T, R, N in guess two
This "sacrifice" approach gives maximum information on guess three, when you still have three attempts left. It is most effective if you are not under streak pressure.
Example Walkthrough: Solving BRISK
No letters from CRANE appear in BRISK. Enter B, R, I, S, K as no constraint yet — we know C, R, A, N, E are all absent. Solver eliminates ~60% of the word list.
B is confirmed at position 4 (green). I is in the word but not position 5 (yellow). Grey: S, T, O. Solver now filters to words with B in slot 4, containing I not at slot 5, excluding S, T, O. Roughly 8–12 candidates remain.
With B at position 4 narrowed the field enough to identify BRISK. The solver would have surfaced it as a top candidate after guess 2.
Common Wordle Patterns to Know
Understanding common answer patterns gives you an edge when the solver returns multiple candidates and you need to choose your next guess strategically:
- About 20% of Wordle answers end in -S, but Wordle rarely uses plural forms — watch for -ES endings
- Words ending in -LY (CURLY, BULLY, RALLY) are frequent answer types
- Double letters appear in roughly 1 in 7 Wordle answers — don't rule out words like ABBEY or SKILL
- Wordle answers skew toward common, everyday words — obscure dictionary words appear less often than in Scrabble
- Q without U does not appear as a Wordle answer — you can safely deprioritise QI-style words