Wordle Solver: Turn Green, Yellow and Grey Clues Into Answers
A Wordle board holds more information than it looks like: every colour rules words in or out. This guide explains how the solver combines all three colours and how to use the remaining count to pick your next guess.
What is the Wordle Solver?
Copy the colours from your Wordle board into the matching rows: green letters are confirmed in their exact positions, yellow letters are in the word but were guessed in the wrong position, and grey letters are ruled out. The solver keeps only the 5-letter words that fit all three sets of clues, and reports how many possibilities remain. If a letter is both confirmed and grey, the confirmed clue wins. Results come from a built-in starter word list, not a full dictionary — rarer words may be missing, and that limit is stated in the results too.
How to use it
- Put each green letter in its exact position, with _ for empty spots.
- Put each yellow letter in the position where you guessed it, with _ elsewhere: the solver keeps the letter but bans it from that spot.
- Type your grey letters as a plain list.
- Click Solve Wordle and read how many answers remain.
Worked example
Opening with CRANE and getting C grey, R yellow, A green, N grey and E grey leaves words shaped __a__ that contain an r somewhere other than the second position and contain no c, n or e — words such as guard, shard and swarm.
How many answers remain after CRANE gives green A, yellow R and grey C, N, E?
Only words shaped __a__ with an r outside the second position and no c, n or e survive — words such as guard, shard and swarm — and the solver shows the full remaining count so you can judge whether to guess or narrow further.
Frequently asked questions
What if a letter is both yellow and grey?
The confirmed clue wins: a letter shown yellow or green is never banned by also appearing grey. That combination usually means the answer contains the letter fewer times than you guessed it.
Are the results guaranteed Wordle answers?
No. They are strong candidates from a starter word list, not a full dictionary, so rarer words may be missing and an occasional listed word may not be a word Wordle itself would pick.