Every 5-letter word Melio Wordle accepts as a guess, 8,030 words total. The smaller curated subset (1362 words) is the pool we pick the daily answer from; the rest are valid guesses only.
Note: This is Melio’s word list. The New York Times Wordle uses a different dictionary; words that work here may not work there and vice versa.
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Letter frequency in the answer pool
Computed from 1362 curated daily answers. Useful for picking openers — words that cover the most common letters maximize information on guess #1.
Overall frequency
E
72710.7%
A
5548.1%
R
5538.1%
T
5227.7%
S
5157.6%
I
4146.1%
O
4126.0%
L
4035.9%
N
3395.0%
U
2724.0%
H
2513.7%
C
2463.6%
P
2263.3%
D
2093.1%
Y
1742.6%
M
1632.4%
G
1522.2%
W
1462.1%
K
1352.0%
F
1121.6%
B
1081.6%
V
1041.5%
Q
260.4%
X
190.3%
Z
150.2%
J
130.2%
Top letter per position
Which letters most often occupy positions 1-5. If you play AROSE, you cover the most common letter at four of five positions.