Wordle Helper
Enter your clues and find the answer in seconds. Works for NYT Wordle and all variants.
Right letter, right position
Right letter, wrong position
Letter not in word at all
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How to Use Our Wordle Helper
Our free Wordle helper uses your game clues to instantly narrow down all possible answers. After each guess, Wordle gives you colour-coded feedback: green squares mean a letter is correct and in the right position, yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong position, and grey means the letter is not in the word at all. Enter those clues into our solver and it filters the entire 5-letter word list to show only words that match every constraint. Most players narrow it down to just one or two words within two or three guesses. You can use the visual grid to mirror your actual game board, or switch to Quick Input for a faster experience. Also useful: our main Scrabble Word Finder for other word games.
Best Wordle Starting Words
A great opening word tests as many high-frequency letters as possible. The letters E, A, R, O, T, I, S, N, L and C appear most often in 5-letter English words, so your starter should hit as many of these as it can without repeating letters. CRANE (C, R, A, N, E) and SLATE (S, L, A, T, E) are both excellent choices that consistently leave you with good information after the first guess. RAISE tests R, A, I, S, E and is one of the statistically strongest openers. AUDIO is useful if you want to test four vowels at once. If you prefer a two-guess opening, try CRANE followed by BOLTS — together they cover ten distinct high-value letters.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best starting word for Wordle?
CRANE, SLATE, RAISE, AUDIO, and LEAST are consistently top picks. CRANE covers C, R, A, N, E — five very common letters. SLATE covers S, L, A, T, E. Either gives you useful information quickly and leaves the solver with a small set of candidates after your first guess.
How does the Wordle solver work?
The solver filters a list of 5-letter words using three rules: green letters must appear in their exact position, yellow letters must appear somewhere in the word but not in the position they were yellow, and grey letters must not appear in the word at all. Results are sorted by how likely the word is to be a Wordle answer, based on letter frequency and known answer patterns.
Is using a Wordle helper cheating?
That's entirely up to you. Many players use helpers to learn strategy, get unstuck, or satisfy curiosity. Wordle is a personal game — there are no rules against getting help, and no shared leaderboard to affect. Use it however makes the game most enjoyable for you.
How many 5-letter words are there in Wordle?
The NYT Wordle game has a curated answer list of around 2,300 common 5-letter words. There are also about 10,500 additional 5-letter words accepted as valid guesses. Our solver uses a combined list prioritising the most likely Wordle answers so the best matches appear first.
Can I use this for Wordle variants like Quordle?
Yes. The word list and filtering logic works for any variant using standard 5-letter English words — including Quordle, Dordle, Octordle, Wordle Unlimited, and others. Simply apply clues from each board separately to narrow down each answer independently.