Letterpile

Wordle Solver

Type each guess, then tap its tiles until the colors match your game. The list of possible words updates as you go.

Tap or press a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green. Each tile also shows a mark: none for gray, a dot for yellow, a check for green.

Add your first guess to see the words that still fit. Before any guess, all 8,564 five-letter words in the list are possible.

This solver helps with daily five-letter guessing puzzles. You enter the guesses you've already made and set each tile to the color the game showed, and it lists every word in its word list that is still consistent with all of those clues, with a few suggested next guesses at the top. It doesn't know today's answer and never shows it; it only applies the logic you could do by hand. Four- to eight-letter variants are supported too.

How to use it

  1. Type a guess you've made in the game and press Add. It appears as a row of gray tiles.
  2. Tap (or select with the keyboard and press Enter) each tile until its color matches the game: gray, yellow or green.
  3. Repeat for each guess. The list of possible words updates every time.
  4. Pick your next guess from the suggestions, or from the full list if you prefer an everyday word.
  5. Use Reset to start a new puzzle, or × to remove one guess. Change Word length for 4- to 8-letter variants.

How the solver thinks

  • Green pins a letter to that spot.
  • Yellow means the letter is in the word, just not there.
  • Gray means there are no more copies of that letter than the green and yellow ones you've already found.

Repeated letters, worked through

Suppose the answer were ABIDE and you guessed SPEED. The game would show gray, gray, yellow, gray, yellow. The first E is yellow, because the answer has an E somewhere else. The second E is gray, but that doesn't rule E out: it only says there is no second E. Entering that row here leaves 147 possible words, and every one has exactly one E, not in the third or fourth position.

Choosing your next guess

Suggestions are ranked by how common their letters are among the words still possible: for each candidate, the solver adds up, for each different letter in it, how many remaining words contain that letter. A guess made of widely shared letters splits the field hardest, whatever colors come back. Words with repeated letters rank lower because they test fewer letters. With no guesses entered, the top of that ranking for five letters is AROSE, ARISE, RAISE, SERAI and ARLES.

This ranking is a simple heuristic, not a guarantee of the fewest guesses. Some players prefer to guess the most familiar remaining word; others prefer a probe that tests new letters. The daily puzzle guide explains when each makes sense.

Reading the results

The count at the top is how many words in the list fit your clues. “Suggested next guesses” shows the 12 highest-ranked; “All possibilities” lists up to 600 alphabetically. If the count is zero, a tile is probably set to the wrong color.

Common mistakes

  • Marking every copy of a repeated letter the same color. Copy the game's colors tile by tile; a repeated letter can have two different colors.
  • Typing the answer list's spelling instead of your guess. Enter exactly what you guessed.
  • Changing word length mid-puzzle. That clears your guesses, because the rules only make sense for one length.

Limits and accuracy

The list is a general English word list (ENABLE), not the game's own answer list, so it includes obscure words the game won't pick as answers. The old Letterpile list had more five-letter words; ENABLE has 8,636, of which 8,564 are shown by default. If the top suggestion looks odd, the next few usually include the everyday word. Wordle™ is a trademark of The New York Times Company; Letterpile is not affiliated with it.

Privacy

Your guesses stay in your browser. They're kept in this tab's session storage so a reload doesn't lose them, and are cleared when you close the tab.

Frequently asked questions

Does the solver know today's answer?
No. It has no connection to the game and doesn't know any day's answer. It only lists words that fit the clues you enter.
Why does it suggest words the game never uses?
It uses the open ENABLE word list, not the game's answer list. Many valid but obscure words can't be answers. Prefer familiar words when you choose.
How do repeated letters work?
A gray tile on a repeated letter means there are no more copies than the ones shown green or yellow. Guessing SPEED when the answer has one E gives one colored E and one gray E.
How are the suggested guesses chosen?
Each remaining word gets a score: for every different letter in it, the number of remaining words that contain that letter. Higher scores test more common letters at once.
It says no words fit. What went wrong?
Usually one tile's color doesn't match the game. Check each row, especially repeated letters. It's also possible the answer isn't in the ENABLE list.
Can I use it for 6-letter or 4-letter puzzles?
Yes. Choose the word length before adding guesses. Lengths from 4 to 8 are supported.

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