Free Wordle Solver

Wordle Solver at a Glance

• Word lengths: 3 to 11 letters, with 5 selected by default.
• Cost: free, with no account or signup.
• Results: they update as you type, are listed A to Z, and show up to 500 matches at a time.
• Copying: click any result to copy it.
• Saving: your letters and word length are stored in your browser. Some browsers clear this in private mode.
• Screens: the layout adjusts for phones, tablets and desktops.

Who This Page Is For

Most people land here in one of two situations. The first is a specific puzzle they can't crack: a few guesses in, some letters confirmed, and no word coming to mind. Enter your clues and pick from what's left instead of guessing blind. The second is reviewing a puzzle after finishing it, to see which words were still possible after each guess and spot a faster path for next time. Both uses are fine; the tool doesn't know or care which one you're doing.

How Do I Use the Wordle Solver?

To use the solver, choose a word length, type your green letters into their position boxes, list your yellow letters under Included Letters, list your gray letters under Excluded Letters, and read the Possible Words list. It takes about ten seconds.

1. Choose a word length. The Word Length menu opens on 5 letters. Changing it clears the green boxes but keeps your included and excluded letters.
2. Enter green letters. Under Exact Matches (Green Letters), type each green letter into the box for its position. Leave unknown positions empty.
3. Enter yellow letters. In Included Letters, type every letter that showed yellow. Spaces are ignored, so "R I" and "RI" are the same.
4. Enter gray letters. In Excluded Letters, type every letter that showed gray.
5. Read Possible Words. Matches appear in alphabetical order with a running count. When more than 20 match, Show More expands the list.
6. Play a word and repeat. Click a word to copy it, play it in Wordle, then add the new colors. Every guess you add can only shorten the list.
7. Start fresh. Clear Board empties all three inputs for a new puzzle and keeps your word length.

What Do Green, Yellow, and Gray Mean in Wordle?

Green means the letter is correct and in the right position. Yellow means the letter is in the answer but in a different position. Gray usually means the letter isn't in the answer, though repeated letters can make gray tiles trickier (more on that below).

There is one thing the Included Letters box can't do: it records that a letter is in the word, but not where that letter turned yellow. If R was yellow in position 2, the answer contains R but not in position 2. The solver won't remove those words for you, so skip any result that puts R in position 2. The worked example below shows how much difference this makes.

Worked Example: Entering Wordle Clues

Say the hidden word is SHIRT and you play CRANE, then PILOT.

Enter it like this: T in box 5, R I in Included Letters, and C A N E P L O in Excluded Letters.

The solver searches its list of 15,407 five-letter words and returns 20 matches. That's already a big cut, but you can do better by hand. CRANE's yellow R and PILOT's yellow I were both in position 2, so neither letter can be second. Cross out every result with R or I in that spot. That removes 14 words and leaves six: ifrit, quirt, shirt, skirt, strit and thirt.

Only two of the six are everyday words, SHIRT and SKIRT, and they differ by one letter. Guess one of them, or play a word containing H or K if you'd rather be sure of the answer on your next turn.

These counts come from the solver's word list as it stands in September 2026. If the list is updated, the exact numbers may change, but the method stays the same.

How Do Repeated Letters Affect the Results?

Wordle scores each copy of a letter on its own, so a repeated letter can show gray even when the letter is in the answer. A gray copy only means the answer has fewer copies than you guessed.

Take the guess LEVEL against the answer PLATE. Wordle shows L yellow, E yellow, V gray, E gray, L gray. The answer has one L and one E, so the extra copies turn gray.

To enter it, put L E in Included Letters and only V in Excluded Letters. That returns 1,470 five-letter words, and PLATE is one of them. If you also add L and E to Excluded Letters, the solver looks for words that both contain and lack those letters, and returns nothing.

Excluded Letters bans a letter completely, and the solver has no way to say "only one E." So the list also includes words with two Ls or two Es. When a gray tile follows a green or yellow tile for the same letter, keep that letter out of Excluded Letters and check the results by eye.

Wordle Solver by Word Length

Choose the length in the Word Length menu before you enter green letters, because changing it clears those boxes. The tool covers 3 to 11 letters.

5-Letter Wordle Solver

Five letters is standard Wordle and the default setting. Most puzzles need only two or three guesses' worth of clues before the list is short enough to read. The SHIRT example above is a five-letter search.

Shorter and Longer Puzzles

The same three inputs work for 3- to 4-letter puzzles and for 6- to 11-letter Wordle-style games. Shorter lengths have small word pools. For example, a 4-letter search with B in the first box, A included and T excluded returns 126 words.

Longer lengths have far bigger pools than five letters, so the list stays long until you add clues. Start with any letters you know for certain, then use Excluded Letters early. Every gray letter removes every word that contains it.

What Can This Solver Do, and What Can't It Do?

The solver filters a word list by three things: exact positions, letters that must appear, and letters that must not. It doesn't model the full Wordle scoring system, and knowing the gaps saves you from trusting the list too much.

These limits keep the tool simple, and they're why the last step, checking yellow positions and repeated letters, is yours.

How Many Words Can Be a Wordle Answer?

Wordle's original public word list, the one Josh Wardle and Palak Shah put together before the New York Times acquired the game, held 2,315 words set aside as possible daily answers, plus 10,657 further words accepted as valid guesses but never used as solutions, for 12,972 words in total. The Times has since trimmed a handful of words it considered obscure or sensitive and expanded the accepted-guess list further, so the exact numbers today are larger and not fully public.

That's the gap this solver's dictionary falls into. It searches a general list of English words, not Wordle's curated answer list, which is why a five-letter search can return words like ifrit or strit that Wordle would never pick as a daily answer. Use the results as candidates, not as a guarantee that a word is a valid Wordle solution.

How Do I Choose a Smart Next Guess?

When many words remain, pick a guess that tests letters you haven't tried yet. When only two or three remain, pick one of them. The solver gives you the candidates, and you choose.

• Test new letters. Early on, a word with five different letters tests more of the alphabet than one with repeats. Words such as SLATE, CRANE, TRACE and CRATE are commonly recommended openers for this reason: they combine common consonants with a vowel or two, rather than stacking vowels the way OUIJA or ADIEU do. A word with several vowels and no repeats can still be a reasonable opener, but analyses of opening-word efficiency, including the New York Times' own WordleBot tool, generally favor a balance of common consonants and vowels over vowel-heavy words.
• Move your yellow letters. Put each yellow letter in a new position to learn where it belongs.
• Read the count. If a guess leaves hundreds of matches, it taught you little. Try different letters next.
• Don't treat the first result as advice. The list is alphabetical, not ranked, and some entries are unusual words the game may never use as an answer.

There isn't one best starting word regardless of source, since different tools optimize for different things. Pick one you're comfortable with and vary your second guess to test letters the first one didn't.

Does the Solver Work With Wordle Hard Mode?

It can help, but it doesn't know which mode you're playing. In Hard Mode, revealed hints must be used in your later guesses. Every result already contains your green and included letters, so results are a good place to start.

Check two things before you type a result in. The solver's word list is broader than the words Wordle accepts, so the game can reject a word. And repeated-letter hints aren't counted, so make sure your pick reuses every hint the game showed you.

Why Does the Solver Say "No Words Found"?

An empty list almost always means the clues contradict each other or the input landed in the wrong place. Check these, in this order:

• A letter is in two boxes. A letter in Excluded Letters can't also be green or in Included Letters.
• The word length is wrong. A six-letter clue set returns nothing on a five-letter search.
• A letter is in the wrong box. One yellow letter typed under Excluded Letters can empty the list.
• A word is missing from the list. No word list is complete, so a rare or very new word may not be in it.

If you can't spot the problem, press Clear Board and re-enter your guesses one at a time, watching the count. The moment it drops to zero, the last thing you typed is the cause. You can also use Reset Filters on the empty results panel.

What's the Difference Between This Solver and a Daily Answer Page?

This solver starts from your clues, while a daily answer page starts from the date. Tools like this are also called Wordle helpers, finders or answer finders, and the label matters less than what the tool does.

Here, the tool filters words by the clues you enter. It can narrow a puzzle to a few candidates, but it can't tell you what today's answer is. If you want a hint rather than a spoiler, enter your clues and read the match count first. A short count tells you how close you are without showing a single word.

Where Wordle Came From

Wordle started as a personal project. Software engineer Josh Wardle built an early version in 2013, then revived and rebuilt it in January 2021 as a game for his partner, Palak Shah, who reviewed the five-letter English words and helped narrow them down to a list of common, recognizable ones. The two played it privately for months before sharing it with family over WhatsApp, and Wardle made it public on his own website in October 2021. It had about 90 players on its first day; two months later, more than 300,000 people were playing daily. The New York Times acquired the game in January 2022, and it has stayed largely the same simple format since: one puzzle, six guesses, shared with everyone that day.

Common Misspellings

If you typed one of these and ended up here, you're in the right place: worlde, worlde solver, worlde helper, wordel, wordlw, wrodle.

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Wordle Solver

Does this tool give today's Wordle answer?

No. The solver has no daily-answer data. It only works from the clues you type in, so it narrows the possibilities and you make the final guess yourself.

Is this affiliated with the New York Times or does it use Wordle's official word list?

No. This is an independent tool that follows the same green, yellow and gray rules as Wordle, but it searches its own broad word list rather than Wordle's official answer list, so it can suggest words Wordle would never use as a solution.

Is the Wordle solver free, and do I need an account?

It is free to use, and you don't need an account or signup.

Are my clues saved if I close the page?

Yes. Your word length and letters are stored in your browser and restored when you come back. Some browsers clear or block saved data in private mode, and Clear Board wipes it on purpose.

Why does the list include words I don't recognize?

The solver searches a broad word list, and Wordle's own answers come from a much shorter, hand-picked list. Uncommon entries appear until your clues rule them out, so pick the familiar word when you have a choice.

Why does the solver show only 500 results?

To keep the page fast, it shows the first 500 matches in alphabetical order. If the count reads 500+, add more green, included or excluded letters and the list will shrink.

Can I use it for Scrabble or crosswords?

It can help with crossword-style puzzles where you know some letters and their positions. It finds words that contain the letters you enter, so it isn't an anagram or Scrabble-rack solver, and its word list isn't a Scrabble dictionary.

Is using a Wordle solver cheating?

That's a personal call, since Wordle is a casual puzzle. Some players use a solver only when they're stuck, or to check their reasoning after they've solved it.

Ready to Try It?

Scroll back to the top, enter what you know, and watch the list shrink.