Stuck on a Wordle and want a nudge rather than the answer? This Wordle solver works as a helper: type in the guesses you have already played, tap each letter until its colour matches your game, and the helper works out which words are still possible. It starts with just the number of words left. After that, each hint shows a little more, and only when you ask.
Tap a letter to change its colour: A not in the word · A wrong spot · A right spot
Nothing you type leaves your device, and the helper does not know today's answer. It only compares your colours with its word list, so it can help with any Wordle, including an old one from the archive.
For each word in the list, it plays your guesses as if that word were the answer and checks whether Wordle would show exactly the colours you entered. Words that match every row stay on the list.
The best next guess is scored the same way as our opener scorer: for each possible guess, it works out how many words would be left on average once you see the colours, and picks the lowest. If two guesses score the same, it prefers one that could be the answer itself. Sometimes the best guess is a word that can't be the answer. That's normal: a word full of untested letters can rule out more than a lucky shot.
Repeated letters follow Wordle's rules. A letter can be green in one spot and grey in another when the answer holds only one copy of it, so enter the colours exactly as your game shows them.
For today's puzzle, our daily Wordle clues open one at a time, from vague to specific, and the answer stays hidden until you tap it. To get better at the game itself, read the strategy guide or see which starting words work best.
Word list: SCOWL by Kevin Atkinson (modified: plurals, capitalised words and words that are not five letters removed).
SCOWL. Copyright 2000-2011 by Kevin Atkinson. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell these word lists, the associated scripts, the output created from the scripts, and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no representations about the suitability of this array for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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The remaining sources SCOWL draws on at this size (Moby Words II, Brian Kelk's UK English word list, 12Dicts, the Jargon File and 1990 US Census names) are in the public domain.
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