Free 5-letter word helper
Wordle Helper
Turn your green, yellow, and gray clues into a short list of possible answers. Enter what you know and the helper filters every five-letter word down to the guesses that still fit.
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Not affiliated with Wordle or The New York Times. This is an independent helper tool.
How to Use the Wordle Helper
- Enter green letters. Put confirmed letters in their exact spots in the pattern field, e.g. A__E_.
- Enter yellow letters. List letters that are in the word in “Yellow letters”, and use the position fields to rule out spots you already tried.
- Enter gray letters. List ruled-out letters in “Gray letters”.
- Find words. Select Find Wordle Words to see the remaining possibilities, sorted alphabetically.
What Do Green, Yellow, and Gray Letters Mean?
Green means the letter is correct and in the right spot — use the pattern field.
Yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong spot — use the include field and the position fields.
Gray means the letter is not in the word — use the exclude field.
How This Wordle Helper Filters Words
The helper searches only five-letter words. Green letters must match their exact positions. Yellow (included) letters must appear somewhere, and the position fields prevent them from sitting in spots you have ruled out. Gray (excluded) letters are removed — unless the same letter is also green or yellow, which happens with doubled letters; in that case the confirmed copy is kept. After filtering, the remaining words are listed alphabetically.
Tips for Better Wordle Guesses
Open with common letters
Starting words rich in vowels and common consonants reveal more clues early.
Spend a guess to test letters
If you are stuck, a guess that tries several new letters can rule out more than chasing one near-match.
Mind doubled letters
A letter can be both present and grayed when it appears twice — the helper handles this for you.
Common 5-Letter Word Patterns
Looking for raw lists rather than clue-filtering? The 5 letter words finder lets you browse by starting letters, ending letters, and contained letters. For building or checking words from a rack, the word solver covers any length.
Choosing a strong opening word
Your first guess is worth more as a probe than as an attempt to win. The goal is to test as many likely letters as possible, so a good opener uses five different letters, leans on the most common ones, and includes two or three vowels. In ordinary English, E, A, R, O, T, L, I, S, N and C are among the letters you will meet most often in five-letter words, so openers built from that pool tend to light up the board.
Many players keep a fixed pair of opening words that, together, test ten common letters before they start deducing. Whatever pair you choose, avoid repeating a letter in your opener — a duplicate spends one of your five slots without testing a new letter.
A worked deduction
Suppose you open and the puzzle marks the A green in the second position, the R yellow, and S, T, and O gray. Here is how that maps onto the helper:
- Enter the pattern _A___ so A is locked in slot two.
- Put r in the include field, because R is in the word somewhere.
- Put sto in the exclude field, because those letters are out.
- If your R was in, say, slot four when it came up yellow, add r to the position-four exclusion so the helper does not put it back there.
Run the search and you are left with a short list of words that satisfy every clue at once. From there, pick the candidate that tests the most new letters if several remain, rather than gambling on the first one you see.
The tricky part: duplicate letters
The clue that trips up most solvers is a repeated letter. If the answer contains one E but you guessed a word with two, Wordle may mark one E green or yellow and the other gray. Taken literally, that looks like "E is both in and not in the word." The helper resolves this the way the game intends: a letter that is confirmed by a green pattern slot or by the include field is kept, even if you also listed it as a gray. So you can safely enter every gray tile you saw without accidentally throwing out a letter you know belongs. When in doubt, trust your greens and yellows over a conflicting gray.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Wordle helper?
A tool that narrows the list of five-letter words using the clues you already have.
How do I use green letters?
Put them in the pattern field at their exact positions, using underscores for unknown spots.
How do I use yellow letters?
Add them to the include field, and use the position fields to rule out spots they cannot occupy.
How do I use gray letters?
Add them to the exclude field. Doubled letters kept by a green or yellow clue stay allowed.
Does this guarantee the answer?
No. It narrows the possibilities; the final guess is yours. The broad English word list may include obscure words and may not match the official answer list. Word Puzzle Solver is not affiliated with Wordle or The New York Times. See the dictionary and word list page.