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Tips, patterns, words, and strategy from TurnWord.

Quick Tip

Position 1 favors S (16%) and position 5 favors E (18%). Knowing positional hotspots helps you place letters faster.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Quick Finder tool give away the answer?

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Does Quick Finder tool give away the answer?

No. Quick Finder shows all matching words from the full dictionary — it doesn't know or reveal any specific game's daily answer. Use it to narrow your own search and learn word patterns.

How does Quick Finder work?

Tap once to mark a letter blue (in the word), twice for gray (not in the word). Our engine searches a comprehensive database of 5-letter words and ranks results by everyday frequency. When you're ready to filter by letter position, the Advanced Finder adds that precision.

What other tools does TurnWord offer?

Quick Finder is just to get you started! TurnWord has a full suite of 5-letter word game tools. See the full List Of TurnWord Apps and Games.

What's the best starting word for 5-letter word games?

Based on letter frequency analysis, strong openers include PLATE, TEARS, STARE, CLASP, and SLATE. Each one packs the most common consonants (S, T, R, L) and vowels (A, E) into a single guess.

What's the difference between the Quick Finder, Advanced Finder, and Solver?

Quick Finder is a letter-in/letter-out search — great for fast narrowing. The Advanced Finder adds position awareness: set green, yellow, and gray per slot for precise filtering. The Word Solver goes further — it uses a neural network to recommend the statistically optimal next guess. Start quick, go advanced.

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Featured Pattern

Why vowel-heavy openers like ADIEU underperform

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The Vowel Sweet Spot

Most Wordle answers contain exactly two vowels. Words loaded with vowels — like AUDIO or ADIEU — look like smart openers but are statistical outliers. Find the right two and you're already ahead.

Think about: CRANE STARE GRIPE STONE SPINE

Interested in best-practices like this? Visit the patterns collection in our Learn section.

Strategy of the Day

The later you discover a repeat, the fewer guesses to recover

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Double Letters: Proceed With Caution

Double-letter words carry some of the highest fail rates in our data. When you suspect a repeat, test it early — the later you discover a double letter, the fewer guesses you have to recover.

💡 SKILL, ABBEY, and TOOTH are confirmed target words that catch players off guard late in the game.

Want more strategies like this? Visit the strategy collection in our Learn section.

Words to Know

Expand your vocabulary with five Wordle-worthy words. (Set 08)

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Words to Know: Set 08

EXPEL — To force someone to leave a place, especially an institution.
CYNIC — A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
GLEAN — To gradually collect, often leftover grain post-harvest.
FROND — The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
SMEAR — To spread a substance thinly or to damage someone's reputation.

Want to see more words like this? Visit the Words To Know collection in our Learn section.

Letter Frequency Analysis

The letters E, A, R show up most often in 5-letter answers — see the full breakdown.

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Most Common Letters in 5-Letter Words

The top letters appear in a large share of possible answers. A strong opener uses several of these.

E
10.5%
A
8.6%
R
7.6%
O
6.7%
T
6.4%
L
6.0%
I
5.9%
S
5.7%
N
5.0%
C
4.1%
Top Letters by Position

Each position in a 5-letter word has different letter hotspots. Knowing these helps you guess smarter.

Pos 1
Pos 2
Pos 3
Pos 4
Pos 5
S
16%
A
14%
A
13%
E
14%
E
18%
C
9%
O
12%
I
11%
N
8%
Y
16%
B
7%
R
11%
O
10%
I
7%
T
11%
Most Common Letter Pairs

These two-letter combos appear most often. If you spot one forming on your board, it's a strong signal.

ER 2.1%IN 1.4%ST 1.3%RE 1.2%RA 1.2%AL 1.2%AR 1.2%CH 1.1%RO 1.0%AN 1.0%
Most Common First Letters

S is the most popular starting letter at 15.6% of answers.

S 15.6%C 8.8%B 7.5%T 6.6%A 6.3%
Most Common Last Letters

E dominates the final position at 17.8%.

E 17.8%Y 15.7%T 10.8%R 9.4%L 6.5%
Vowel Count Distribution

Most answers have 2 vowels — that's 57.8% of all targets. Use this when evaluating candidates.

1 vowel
31.3%
WHICH, FIRST, THINK, RIGHT, STILL
2 vowels
57.8%
THEIR, THERE, WOULD, OTHER, AFTER
3 vowels
10.3%
ABOUT, HOUSE, AGAIN, VIDEO, CAUSE
4 vowels
0.2%
AUDIO, QUEUE, EERIE, ADIEU, OUIJA
Common 2-Letter Endings

Recognizing these endings can help you crack the final letters faster.

-ER 6.4%-CH 2.3%-LY 2.2%-SE 2%-TY 2%-AL 1.9%-CK 1.9%-GE 1.7%
Common 3-Letter Endings
-ING 1%-LLY 0.9%-TER 0.7%-TCH 0.7%-TTY 0.7%-VER 0.7%-ACK 0.6%-ASH 0.5%
Repeated Letters

32.7% of answers have at least one repeated letter. Don't rule out double letters too early — words like CREEK, TEETH, and VIVID are more common than you'd think.

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