Turn Your Wordle Feedback into a Smaller Shortlist
A useful Wordle search starts with the feedback you already have. This solver checks five-letter dictionary words against the letters and colors you enter. It combines clues across rows, including repeated-letter counts, so you can concentrate on comparing the remaining candidates instead of remembering every excluded position.
This is a clue filter, not a feed of today's official answer. A matching word still needs to be accepted by your game, and a single dictionary match does not prove that it is the published daily solution.
Copy a Completed Guess, Then Run the Search
- Enter all five letters in one row. Use your keyboard or the letter buttons below the board. Letters start gray; typing does not automatically reproduce your game's colors.
- Set each tile's color. Click or tap a filled tile to cycle from gray to yellow, then green, then gray again. Copy the submitted game's feedback, rather than predicting which letters should be colored.
- Select Find possible answers. The button applies your current clues. Pressing Enter in a tile also runs the search. Changing a letter or color alone does not refresh the results.
- Add your next completed guess to another row. Click a tile in that row before using the on-page keyboard. Run the search again to combine both rows.
The board has six rows, but you do not need to fill them all. The code also accepts partly filled rows: those entered tiles become constraints, while blank tiles add none. For ordinary Wordle play, copying complete submitted rows is safer because it preserves all five pieces of feedback.
A Worked Search: SLATE with Two Yellow Letters
Consider a practice board where SLATE receives gray S, gray L, yellow A, yellow T and gray E. Enter that exact row. A candidate must contain A away from position three and T away from position four; it must contain none of S, L or E.
BATCH, CATCH, HATCH, MATCH, PATCH and WATCH all satisfy that feedback. These are six illustrative possibilities, not the full dictionary result or today's answers. Each places A second and T third. The example shows why two yellow tiles do not identify one answer: several words can share the same surviving pattern.
Now imagine the practice target is CATCH and your next guess is BATCH. Its B is gray, while A, T, C and H are green. Copy that second row without deleting SLATE. The green positions fix _ATCH, and the gray B excludes BATCH. CATCH remains compatible with both rows. Other dictionary entries can still remain; read the actual count rather than assuming this demonstration guarantees a single result.
Repeated Letters: Why Gray Does Not Always Mean Absent
Suppose you guess CACAO against the practice target CATCH. The feedback is green C, green A, yellow C, gray A and gray O. The target has two Cs, but only one A. The yellow C rules out position three, while the gray A tells you that the second guessed A is extra.
For this row, the solver requires C in position one, A in position two, at least two Cs, exactly one A, and no O. It also excludes C from position three and A from position four. CACTI should fail even though it has two Cs and one A: its second C occupies the yellow C's forbidden position. Copy every repeated tile separately instead of turning every instance of a gray letter into a global exclusion.
More generally, colored copies set a minimum count. When the same row also has a gray copy, that count becomes an upper limit too. Two colored Cs require at least two Cs; two colored Cs plus a gray C require exactly two. A gray-only letter is excluded entirely.
Read the Count Separately from the Visible List
The match counter reports all dictionary candidates that fit your current clues. The results panel displays the first 100, in alphabetical order when the full dictionary loads. It has a scrollable area, not result pages or a next-page control. If the counter is larger than the visible collection, add more genuine feedback to narrow the search.
The first word is not a recommended best guess. This solver does not calculate winning probability, expected information gain or an official answer ranking. An unfamiliar entry can match the spelling rules without being a useful Wordle guess.
Before choosing a next move, compare where the candidates differ. In the six-word practice family above, A and T no longer distinguish the choices; the first letter does. A move that checks an unresolved distinction can be more informative than repeatedly testing letters already confirmed. The best choice still depends on your remaining attempts and your game's restrictions.
When the Shortlist Looks Wrong
No matches: compare each tile with the original game, especially duplicate letters. Conflicting green letters in the same position across two rows cannot both be true. Correct the row and press the search button again. An empty result can also mean that the required word is missing from this general dictionary.
Too many matches: check whether all submitted rows were copied and whether any tiles stayed gray by default. Several matching words are normal when the clues leave positions unresolved. The count alone does not measure how close you are to the editorial answer.
Old results after editing: rerun the search. Letter and color edits are applied when you select Find possible answers or press Enter. Clear board removes every entered letter and color and reruns an unrestricted search, so it restores dictionary candidates rather than leaving an empty results panel.
A preview-dictionary message: the full dictionary request did not load. The page can still use its smaller built-in list, so results may be incomplete. Reload and check the dictionary status before relying on the count. JavaScript is required for the board and filtering.
Choose the Tool That Matches Your Clue
Stay here when you have complete colored guesses to copy. The Wordle Finder is suited to a known position pattern with included or excluded letters. The Wordle Helper offers staged guidance, while the starter-word guide compares opening ideas before you have feedback. Those are different tasks; an opening suggestion is not evidence of today's answer.
Note on Word Lists
This tool uses a broad spelling reference, not the official Wordle answer list. Rare terms may appear, and your game may reject some candidates. Check its official rules and accepted vocabulary. The worked examples and filtering logic were checked on 21 October 2026; this is a verification date, not a claim that the underlying dictionary was updated that day. This independent tool is not affiliated with The New York Times.