Wattle Puzzle Helpers

A LITTLE HELP, WHEN YOU’RE STUCK

Your puzzle.
Your next move.

Bring your clues. Find your next word.

5-LETTER WORD FINDER

Five letters. Your next possibility.

Start with five letter boxes, then add the letters you know. The finder narrows a local dictionary to words that match without spoiling a daily puzzle.

5-letter word finder

Choose from 4 to 10 letters. Your puzzle is saved on this device.
Known letters
Wrong positions (optional)

For yellow letters, add the letter under each position it cannot occupy. These letters must appear somewhere else in the word.

Letter counts (optional)

Specify how many copies of a letter the word contains, including copies in Known letters.

Clear keeps the length. New puzzle resets to 5 letters.

Help & strategy

Possible word suggestions —

Add at least one clue to see matching words.

How are words ordered?

Common-list words come first. Within each group, words covering letters found in more of the remaining matches rank higher; fixed letters do not add to the score. This is a useful-guess guide, not the probability of an answer. Each game uses its own accepted word list.

Suggestions come from a general dictionary and do not retrieve or reveal a daily answer. About our dictionary.

SPELLING BEE HELPER

Find words from your hive.

Enter the centre letter and the six outer letters from the board you are playing.

CONNECTIONS HELPER

Look for obvious groups.

Type one word into each tile, or paste a comma- or line-separated list into any tile.

Your 16 words

STRANDS HELPER

Search the letters you can see.

Enter each row of the grid on a new line. The finder looks for dictionary words through touching letters.

SUDOKU HELPER

Check a grid or solve it.

Paste nine rows of nine digits. Use 0 or . for an empty square.

EXPLORE HELPERS

Use known positions and letter clues to find words from four to ten letters.

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Add the clues you know

Put letters with confirmed positions in the matching boxes. Put letters that are elsewhere in the word in Must include, and rule out letters with Cannot include. If your final letter is E, start with the 5-letter words ending in E finder and add your remaining clues.

Useful for Wordle-style puzzles

This five-letter finder supports the familiar format while keeping the answer in your hands. It suggests matching words from your clues rather than looking up any daily solution.

Need a different length?

The same word finder supports four to ten letters. Change the length slider whenever the puzzle you are playing uses a different-sized answer.

Example: a word with two Ps

For a five-letter word beginning with A and ending with E, fill the first and last Known letters boxes. If your clues confirm two Ps, enter PP in Must include. APPLE fits those clues.

Repeating P in Must include asks for at least two copies. Do not put P in Cannot include just because an extra P was grey.

These are illustrative clues, not a daily puzzle answer. Each game decides which words it accepts.

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Using the word helper

Choose the word length
Set the slider to the number of letters in the puzzle you are playing. It runs from 4 to 10 letters and starts at 5.
Known letters
Put a letter in the box where you know its exact position. The boxes and results update to your selected length, and the letter is added to Must include automatically.
Must include
Add letters that are somewhere in the word when you do not know their position. Repeat a letter when you know it appears twice.
Cannot include
Add letters you know are not in the word.
Optional position and count clues
Open Wrong positions to keep a yellow letter out of a particular box. Open Letter counts to choose exactly or at least a number of copies. Your clues are saved on this device. Clear these clues keeps the selected length; New puzzle clears all clues and resets to 5 letters.

Example: in a six-letter puzzle, for A in position 1, P in position 2, R somewhere in the word, and no S, L, or N: choose 6 letters, enter A and P in the first two boxes, R in Must include, and SLN in Cannot include.

Word-game strategy guide

Match the puzzle length first
Set the helper to the puzzle’s word length before entering clues. It supports words from 4 to 10 letters, with 5 selected by default.
Start with useful coverage
Choose a real word of the right length with common vowels and consonants. Favour different letters early when the puzzle allows it.
Read every tile precisely
Green fixes a letter in place. Yellow means it belongs elsewhere. Grey usually rules a letter out, but repeated letters need extra care.
Test the remaining unknowns
Keep confirmed letters, then use your next guess to test positions or letters you have not settled yet.
Choose among the finalists
When several words fit, try a word that checks the letters that separate them. When every clue points to one candidate, make that guess.

This helper works only from the clues you enter. It does not retrieve, know, or reveal a daily answer.

Repeated letters

Match the puzzle length
Choose the same word length as your puzzle before adding clues. The helper only shows words of that selected length.
Known positions
Put the letter in every box whose position you know. For example, enter E in positions 2 and 4 when both are fixed. The helper adds both copies to Must include.
Known count, unknown positions
If you know a letter appears twice but not where, type it twice in Must include, such as EE. The helper will show only words of the selected length with at least two Es.
Set an exact count
Open Letter counts to choose a letter, Exactly or At least, and the number of copies. Exactly one E rules out a second E. The count includes any copies already entered in Known letters.

Do not put a letter in Cannot include if it appears in Known letters or Must include, even when another copy is not part of the answer.

Why no results?

Check the word length
Make sure the slider matches the puzzle. The helper only searches words with the selected number of letters.
Look for conflicting clues
A letter cannot be in Known letters or Must include and also appear in Cannot include. Remove the conflicting clue and try again.
Relax one uncertain clue
When every clue looks right, remove the clue you are least sure about, search again, then add it back if needed.
Start fresh
Use Clear these clues to empty the form and enter only the feedback you have confirmed.

The helper searches a general dictionary, so it may not include every accepted word in every game.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

A little more guidance.

How do I find a 5-letter word with missing letters?

This page starts with 5 positions. Fill confirmed letters and leave unknown positions empty. Add required or excluded letters to narrow the matches. New puzzle restores the 5-letter preset.

How do repeated letters work in the word finder?

Use Letter counts to set a minimum or maximum number of copies. A known position fixes one copy in that position; it does not rule out another copy elsewhere. Wrong positions lets you exclude a letter from a particular position.

Does the Wordle helper know today’s answer?

No. It filters a dictionary using the clues you enter. The familiar five-letter group comes from a fixed historical list, not a live daily-answer feed. A suggested word is not a confirmed answer.

Why might my game reject a suggested word?

Each game chooses its own accepted-word list. These helpers use a general English dictionary that includes uncommon words, so a match is not a guarantee that your game accepts it.

Read our dictionary sources and matching rules, or report a problem.