Best Next Guess
What 1,947 Wordle answers reveal
How your opener stacks up, how often answers repeat, and the word traps that break streaks. Every number comes from the full list of answers, through yesterday's puzzle (#1,946), updated every day.
How good is your opener?
Repeats are rare, and they come from deep in the archive
Each square is one puzzle from #1,689 to #1,946. Gold squares are answers that had been used before.
Repeated words come back a median of 1,689 puzzles (about 4.6 years) after they were first used. The closest gap so far is 524 puzzles.
The best first guesses
Average number of answers still possible after your first guess, out of 2,377. Shorter bars are better.
Some famous openers for comparison
The streak-killers
Patterns where many answers share four letters. Guess them one at a time and you can run out of tries, and in hard mode you may have no other choice.
Most common letters in each spot
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Most common letters overall: E, A, R, O, T. Rarest: J, Q, X, Z.
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