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Wordle Lab – Ultimate Wordle Solver & Analyzer

Here are three useful word lists for analyzing and playing Wordle: the 2,302 Answer List, the 3,209 Answer List, and the 14,855 Guessable List. None of these lists have been officially confirmed by the creators of Wordle as the definitive answer set. The answer list appears to evolve over time, and these lists are updated accordingly based on extensive observations.

• 2,302 Answer List:

  A smaller, answer-dense list created from the earlier 2,315-word answer list by removing words that were not used as official answers. While it does not include every observed answer, it contains a very high concentration of historically used answers.

• 3,209 Answer List (Default):

  A broader and more comprehensive answer-oriented list. Based on extensive comparisons, this list appears to closely match the candidate set currently used by Wordle Bot, consistently producing the same remaining-word counts after guesses. In practice, it also covers all observed official Wordle answers.

• 14,855 Guessable List:

  A much larger vocabulary of valid guesses, including many words that are not used as official answers.

Each list serves a different purpose: the 2,302 list as a compact, answer-dense reference, the 3,209 list as a Bot-consistent and comprehensive candidate set, and the 14,855 list as a full guess vocabulary.

• Previous Answers lets you decide how past official Wordle answers are handled in the current candidate list.
  • Ignore: do nothing.
  • Exclude: remove past official answers from the current candidate list.
  • Show Badge: keep those words in the candidate list, but mark them with a past or past+ badge.
  • Only Previous: show only past official answers in the candidate list.
• Range controls which past answers are used:
  • All Previous: use the full previous-answer list.
  • Last X: use only the most recent X previous answers.
• These settings affect the candidate list. Recommendations and analysis update accordingly, but the external guess pool used in non-hard mode and the First Guess Advisor do not change.
• When a past or past+ badge is shown, hovering over it displays the corresponding previous puzzle number(s) and date(s).
• During the transition to The New York Times platform, a few puzzles had different observed answers across users or cached versions. Wordle Lab includes both observed answers for those cases, such as #241 AGORA/AROMA, #284 HARRY/STOVE, #324 FETUS/SHINE, and #325 BUTCH/GECKO, for historical completeness.
• Starting February 2, 2026, The New York Times announced that Wordle may reuse past answers. This feature is provided for convenience and may not reflect future official answer behavior.
• We try to keep this list up to date, and to avoid spoilers across time zones, the current day's answer is not counted as a previous answer.

In Wordle Mode, you can optionally enter a guess together with a pattern of feedback digits.

Example:

• SLATE → adds the guess with all gray tiles (not applied until you click Apply).
• SLATE 20001 → adds the guess with the pattern already set (not applied until you click Apply).

The pattern uses digits to represent Wordle feedback:

• 0 = Gray (letter not in the word)
• 1 = Yellow (letter in the word but wrong position)
• 2 = Green (correct letter in the correct position)

This is simply a shortcut to avoid clicking each tile individually. The guess will still need to be applied using the Apply button.

• ?: Exactly one letter (e.g.,A?E→ACE, APE, ARE)
• *: Zero or more letters (e.g.,E*E→AGREE, EAGLE, EERIE)
• -WORD: Exclude exact words (e.g., -SLATE -SLICE removes SLATE and SLICE from the current candidates)
• [AEIOU]: Any one listed; [^AEIOU]: Not these (e.g.,[^AEIOU]ATE→SLATE, CRATE)
• &: AND; |: OR (AND has higher precedence) (e.g.,BREED | CREED | FREED→BREED, CREED, FREED)
• ( ): Group terms (e.g.,(ING & R) | (A?E & N))

• E[steps]: The expected number of steps to solve from the current state under a specified guessing policy. The smaller, the better.
  • Note: the policy used for E[steps] may differ across panels (see panel-specific notes).
• Entropy: A measure of uncertainty. Higher values indicate guesses that are more informative. The bigger, the better.
• E[cands]: The expected number of candidates remaining after a guess. The smaller, the better.
• Max Bucket: The size of the largest bucket induced by a guess. The smaller, the better.

All statistics assume that each remaining candidate is equally likely.

Next Guess Recommender evaluates candidate guesses according to the selected preset mode (Fast, Balanced, Deep, Deeper, Very Deep, Max).

• Answer List refers to the Word List selected at the top of the page.
• E[steps] is an approximation of the expected number of steps from the current state.
  • All follow-up guesses used for E[steps] are chosen only from the remaining candidates at each step, regardless of whether Hard Mode or Non-hard Mode is selected
  • Hard Mode affects where recommended guesses come from:
    • Hard Mode: guesses are selected only from the remaining candidates.
    • Non-hard Mode: guesses are selected from both the remaining candidates and an external guess pool.
  • Mode: controls how deeply E[steps] is evaluated (deeper modes are usually more accurate but slower).
    • Fast: faster shallow estimate.
    • Balanced: balanced speed and accuracy.
    • Deep / Deeper / Very Deep / Max: increasingly deeper evaluation, usually more accurate but slower.
• For the very first guess, use First Guess Advisor above for exact precomputed rankings.

Word Analyzer computes metrics for any 5-letter word against the current candidate set, showing E[steps], Entropy, E[cands], and Max Bucket.

• E[steps]: An approximate expected number of guesses needed to find the answer if you start by using this word, given the current candidate pool.
  • Just like in the Next Guess Recommender, follow-up guesses used for E[steps] are always restricted to the remaining candidates at each step, not from the external pool.
  • Mode: controls how deeply E[steps] is evaluated (deeper modes are usually more accurate but slower).
    • Fast: faster shallow estimate.
    • Balanced: balanced speed and accuracy.
    • Deep / Deeper / Very Deep / Max: increasingly deeper evaluation, usually more accurate but slower.
• Pattern Distribution: For the entered word, the analyzer also shows a full breakdown of all feedback patterns (🟩🟨⬛ combinations) and how many candidates fall into each pattern. This view helps you understand:
  • how the word partitions the remaining candidates,
  • how balanced the resulting branches are,
  • why entropy, E[cands], and Max Bucket have their specific values.

This tool is an independent, unofficial helper for the game Wordle. It is provided for educational and entertainment purposes only.

All word lists, recommendations, and computed results are provided “as is” with no guarantees of accuracy or completeness. Actual Wordle answers may differ from the words shown or suggested here.

Wordle is a trademark of The New York Times Company. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with The New York Times or Wordle.

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