Wordle Solver
Stuck on today’s puzzle? Enter your green, yellow and grey tiles and the solver filters the full Wordle answer list down to every word that still fits. Works for normal and hard mode. If you just want a nudge rather than a full filter, the Wordle hints for today are on the homepage.
How to Use the Wordle Solver
The solver does not connect to Wordle or the NYT. You enter what your tiles showed you, and it filters the word list to whatever still fits. Here is the exact process.
When Does a Wordle Solver Actually Help?
Most players do not need a Wordle helper on every puzzle. There are specific situations where filtering the word list saves real guesses.
What the Tile Colours Mean
Wordle gives you three types of feedback after every guess. Understanding each one is what the solver is built around.
One exception worth knowing: if you guess a word with two of the same letter, one can go grey while the other is yellow or green. That means the letter appears exactly once in the answer, not that it is absent. Enter the grey copy into the grey field as usual.
Hard Mode and the Wordle Solver
Hard mode forces you to use every confirmed letter in every subsequent guess. You cannot play an exploratory word that ignores a green or yellow tile you already found. Switch to Hard Mode in the solver above and it will only show words that obey this rule.
The rhyme trap problem in hard mode
Hard mode creates a situation called the rhyme trap. If you confirm four letters early and the fifth could be several different things — say you know the word ends in IGHT — you are forced to guess NIGHT, LIGHT, FIGHT, MIGHT one by one. In normal mode you could play a word like FLAME that tests the missing first letters all at once without needing to be the answer. Hard mode removes that option.
The way to avoid the trap is to test possible first letters before all four other positions are locked in green. If you suspect an IGHT ending after two guesses, use guess three to probe letters like F, L, M and N before committing. Once all four are green you have no choice but to guess one by one. For more opening-word options, see the best Wordle starting words breakdown.
Best opening word for hard mode
TRACE is the strongest hard mode opener. Five high-frequency letters, positions that confirm quickly, and it does not lock you into forced paths early. Once you have green and yellow feedback from TRACE, your second guess has real direction.
Does the repeated letter rule change in hard mode?
No. The repeated letter behaviour is the same in both modes. If a letter appears twice in the answer and you only guessed it once, one copy can go grey while the other shows yellow or green. Enter the grey copy into the grey field as usual. The solver handles this correctly in both normal and hard mode.
Is Using a Wordle Solver Cheating?
This comes up constantly in Wordle communities. The short answer is: it depends on how you play and who you play with.
Wordle Solver FAQ
Does this solver connect to Wordle or the NYT?
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No. The solver has no connection to Wordle or the New York Times. It is a standalone filter that runs entirely in your browser. You tell it what your tiles showed and it filters the word list. No data is sent anywhere.
Is using a Wordle solver cheating?
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Wordle is single-player with no official rules against using a filter tool. Most people use it on guess 5 or 6 when genuinely stuck, not from the start. If you play competitively with friends, agree upfront whether it is allowed. Post-game use to analyse your options is widely considered completely fine.
What is the difference between answers only and all valid words?
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Answers only shows the roughly 2,309 words that can actually be the daily answer. All valid words includes the full 12,972 word guess dictionary, which contains many unusual words that Wordle will accept as a guess but will never use as the solution. Answers only is the right setting for most players.
Why does the solver return no results?
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Almost always because a letter is listed as both grey and green or yellow at the same time. Check that no letter appears in both the grey field and one of the position boxes. If a letter went grey in one guess but green in a later guess, the green overrides it — remove it from grey.
How does the best next guess work?
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From the remaining candidates, the solver picks the word that covers the most untested high-frequency letters. It is not a guaranteed solve — it is the word most likely to give you the most useful new information on your next guess.
Does the solver work for NYT Wordle hard mode?
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Yes. Switch to Hard Mode using the toggle at the top of the solver. In hard mode the results only include words that use every confirmed green and yellow letter you have entered, which matches what Wordle requires of your guesses.
Can I use this for past Wordle puzzles?
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Yes, the solver works for any puzzle regardless of date. If you want to look up a specific past answer directly, the past Wordle answers page has every puzzle from puzzle 0 to yesterday.
What is the best starting word for Wordle?
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SLATE, CRANE and TRACE all score 99 out of 100 on WordleBot. The gap between them is less than one tenth of a guess on average, so pick whichever you can remember and focus your attention on reading the board after it.
Can the solver handle repeated letters?
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Yes. About 31% of Wordle answers contain a repeated letter. The solver filters correctly for these cases. If one copy of a letter went grey and another went yellow or green, enter the grey copy into the grey field as normal and the solver will still return words where that letter appears once.
Does NYT Wordle repeat past answers now?
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Yes, since February 2026. NYT started recycling old answers so a word that appeared in 2022 can appear again. The solver word list reflects the full answer pool including repeated words. If you want to check which words have already been used, the past Wordle answers archive has every puzzle logged from puzzle 0 to yesterday.