Best Next Wordle Guess
Already made a guess? Enter your green, yellow and gray results and GuessNudge can help narrow the possibilities and suggest a smarter next word.
Enter your guess, then mark each letter.
Guess 1
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Example
C R A N E — type CRANE, then pick a result under each letter.
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These words cover common letters and vowels, so whatever the feedback is, you learn a lot. There is no single universally best starting word — pick one you like.
trace
Score 100
slate
Score 100
crane
Score 100
roast
Score 100
stone
Score 100
audio
Score 73
Green, yellow and gray — and what GuessNudge calls them
The tiles use words instead of colours so the marks stay readable in both light and dark mode. They mean exactly the same thing.
Green → Correct
The letter is in the word and in that exact position.
Yellow → Misplaced
The letter is in the word, but somewhere else.
Gray → Absent
The letter is not in the word.
How a next guess is chosen
1. Your clues become rules
Fixed positions, forbidden positions and how many times a letter can appear — repeated letters included.
2. Words are filtered
Only five-letter words that satisfy every clue from every guess stay in the list.
3. A useful word is ranked
Remaining words are scored on the letters and positions they share with the rest of the list, so the suggestion tends to separate the possibilities.
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