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Wordle Helper

Stuck partway through a five-letter guessing game? Enter the clues you already have — green letters in their known positions, yellow letters that appear somewhere else, and gray letters that are ruled out — and this helper lists every word that still fits.

If a letter is both yellow (somewhere) and gray on a duplicate tile, put it only in yellow. Filters the 5-letter words in our dictionary.

How to use the Wordle helper

There are three inputs. Under the five position boxes, type any letter you have confirmed in the right spot (a green tile). In the yellow box, type letters you know are in the word but in the wrong place. In the gray box, type letters your guesses have ruled out entirely. Each field filters the list live, so the pool of candidate words shrinks as you feed in more clues. The remaining words are shown in a grid; any of them is a legal next guess.

How the filtering logic works

The helper starts from every five-letter word in its dictionary and applies your clues as filters. A green letter forces that exact position to match. A yellow letter requires the word to contain that letter somewhere. A gray letter removes any word that contains it — with one important exception: if the same letter is also green or yellow, it is protected, because a gray tile on a duplicate only means the letter does not appear a second time. Applying these rules together usually cuts hundreds of possibilities down to a handful.

Strategy for solving in fewer guesses

Your first guess should spend its letters on the most common ones — a word like "crane", "slate", or "adieu" tests five high-frequency letters at once. Once you have a couple of greens and yellows, paste the clues here and look at what remains. If many candidates are left, do not guess one of them yet; instead play a word that tests new letters you have not tried, even if it cannot be the answer, to eliminate more of the field. When only two or three candidates remain, choose the one whose letters overlap most with common words to break ties. This "information first, answer second" approach is what separates a three-guess solve from a lucky one.

A worked example

Suppose you opened with "crane" and got a green C in position one, a yellow A, and gray R, N, and E. Type C in the first box, put A in the yellow field, and put r, n, e in the gray field. The helper returns short list such as "cabal", "coala"-style candidates and other C-words containing an A but none of R, N, or E. From there, a second informative guess usually reveals the answer. Because everything runs locally, your daily puzzle stays private — nothing you enter is uploaded or logged.

FAQ

What do green, yellow, and gray mean?

Green means the letter is correct and in the right position. Yellow means the letter is in the word but in a different spot. Gray means the letter is not in the word at all.

How do I handle a letter that is both yellow and gray?

That happens with duplicate letters — for example guessing two Es when the answer has only one. Enter the letter in the yellow field only; the helper protects it from the gray exclusion automatically.

Does it know today's specific answer?

No, and that is by design. It filters a general five-letter dictionary against your clues rather than looking up any particular puzzle, so it helps you reason without simply spoiling the answer.

Why are some obscure words in the list?

The dictionary aims to be comprehensive for five-letter words, so it may include uncommon entries. Prefer the more familiar candidates for your next guess.

Is my puzzle progress stored anywhere?

No. All filtering happens in your browser and nothing is saved or sent to a server.

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