How to use the Wordle helper
Copy a guess you have already played, then match all five tile colors to your game. Gray means that copy was not used, yellow means the letter belongs elsewhere, and green fixes the letter in that position. Use Add guess to include up to six rows. Choose Find candidates after changing your clues.
A yellow letter must appear in the word, but not in the position where it was yellow. Simply putting it into an “include letters” field loses that position restriction. This solver checks the complete feedback for every guess, so candidates must agree with all your rows at once.
Repeated letters need special care. One green or yellow E alongside a gray E can mean there is exactly one E, rather than no E. Green copies are accounted for first; remaining copies are assigned yellow from left to right. A gray copy then limits how many copies the candidate can contain. Enter the complete row instead of excluding that letter everywhere.
Results come from our bundled general American English spelling list, ESDB 2026.02.25. It includes unusual words and inflections and may omit a word accepted by your game. It is not the New York Times answer or allowed-guess list. No matches can mean a color needs correcting, rows conflict, or the word is outside our dictionary; we never silently remove a clue.
This is an independent helper, not affiliated with The New York Times. It does not read your game, reveal a scheduled daily answer, or predict the best next guess. Need a different length or only a few known letters? Use the five-letter word finder or word finder by position.
Worked color examples
These illustrate the rules. The named word is one match, not a promised unique solution or today’s answer.
Keep yellow letters out of their old positions
In SLATE, L and A are yellow, E is green, and S and T are gray. APPLE fits: L and A move, E stays last, and neither S nor T appears.
A gray repeated letter can set an exact count
In EERIE, the first E is yellow, the second E is green, and the last E is gray. This requires exactly two Es. LEVEL fits; a word with one or three Es does not.
Combine every guess, including duplicate letters
Add ALLEY after the SLATE example: A is green, the first L is yellow, the second L is gray, E is yellow, and Y is gray. APPLE still fits both rows, with exactly one L. CRANE does not: it would make the A in SLATE green. You can edit either row without losing the other.
Questions about Wordle clues
Why is a gray letter still in some candidates?
If another copy of that letter is green or yellow in the same guess, gray rejects the extra copy, not the letter everywhere. For example, ALLEY can match APPLE with green A, yellow L, gray L, yellow E, and gray Y. APPLE has one L, not two.
Does this show today’s Wordle answer?
No. It lists general English words matching the feedback you enter. It has no daily answer feed and does not use the official game dictionary. Check your game before playing a candidate.
Can I change a color or share my clues?
Yes. Tap a tile again to cycle its color, edit any guess, or remove a row, then find candidates again. Copy clues link creates a link with your guesses in the URL fragment. Anyone you send it to can read those clues; opening it does not automatically run a search.