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Wordle First Guess Evaluator

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Want to know how well any specific word performs as a first guess in Wordle? Enter it here and we'll let you know how it holds up.

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    Letters By Frequency

    • E: in 1,056 answers (46%)
    • A: in 909 answers (39%)
    • R: in 837 answers (36%)
    • O: in 673 answers (29%)
    • T: in 667 answers (29%)
    • L: in 648 answers (28%)
    • I: in 647 answers (28%)
    • S: in 618 answers (27%)
    • N: in 550 answers (24%)
    • U: in 457 answers (20%)
    • C: in 448 answers (19%)
    • Y: in 417 answers (18%)
    • H: in 379 answers (16%)
    • D: in 370 answers (16%)
    • P: in 346 answers (15%)
    • G: in 300 answers (13%)
    • M: in 298 answers (13%)
    • B: in 267 answers (12%)
    • F: in 207 answers (9%)
    • K: in 202 answers (9%)
    • W: in 194 answers (8%)
    • V: in 149 answers (6%)
    • X: in 37 answers (2%)
    • Z: in 35 answers (2%)
    • Q: in 29 answers (1%)
    • J: in 27 answers (1%)

    Letters By Position

    • 1: S (16%), C (9%), B (7%)
    • 2: A (13%), O (12%), R (12%)
    • 3: A (12%), I (11%), O (9%)
    • 4: E (10%), N (7%), S (6%)
    • 5: Y (15%), E (15%), T (10%)

    First Guess: SAUCE

    SAUCE has been a previous Wordle answer.

    SAUCE is an allowed Wordle guess.

    We compared SAUCE to 2,315 previous Wordle answers.

    2,072 (90%) answers matched a letter in any position.

    1,053 (45%) answers matched a letter in the correct position.

    Letter Data

    S is the 8th most common letter overall and is the 1st most popular first letter, appearing there 16% of the time.

    A is the 2nd most common letter overall and is the 1st most popular second letter, appearing there 13% of the time.

    U is the 10th most common letter overall and is the 4th most popular third letter, appearing there 7% of the time.

    C is the 11th most common letter overall and is the 6th most popular fourth letter, appearing there 6% of the time.

    E is the 1st most common letter overall and is the 2nd most popular fifth letter, appearing there 15% of the time.

    Example Words

    These are the stats above for some highly regarded first guesses:

    ORATE contains all five of the most common letters.

    ADIEU matches a letter in 2,153 (93%) of previous answers.

    SAINT matches a letter in its correct position in 1,057 (46%) of previous answers.

    More suggestions: SAUCE, STARE, ADIOS, ROAST.