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Archive analysis

Wordle answer statistics

Every figure below is computed from the answers in our published archive — no player data, no estimates. Today’s puzzle is excluded so nothing on this page spoils it.

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Dataset coverage

Answers analyzed
1,960
Distinct words
1,931
First puzzle
Jun 19, 2021
Latest puzzle
Oct 30, 2026

Most common letters

The share of answers containing each letter at least once. A letter is counted once per answer, so a double letter does not inflate its own share.

LetterAnswersShare
e92347.1%
a77639.6%
r71036.2%
o58930.1%
t58229.7%
l54627.9%
i54527.8%
s50525.8%
n47124%
u38219.5%

Rarest letters: j, q, z, x, v — every letter of the alphabet has appeared at least once.

Most common starting letters

  1. s29314.9%
  2. c1708.7%
  3. b1487.6%
  4. t1306.6%
  5. a1256.4%
  6. p1196.1%
  7. f1075.5%
  8. g1055.4%
  9. m974.9%
  10. d914.6%

Most common ending letters

  1. e38919.8%
  2. y27814.2%
  3. t21811.1%
  4. r1678.5%
  5. l1387%
  6. h1176%
  7. n1135.8%
  8. d985%
  9. k914.6%
  10. a542.8%

Answer shape

Vowels per answer

  • 0 vowels80.4%
  • 1 vowel60530.9%
  • 2 vowels114358.3%
  • 3 vowels20110.3%
  • 4 vowels30.2%

A, E, I, O, and U are counted as vowels; Y is not.

Repeated letters

31.1%

of answers contain at least one repeated letter (610 of 1,960).

Most likely letter

  • Position 1s14.9%
  • Position 2o12.6%
  • Position 3a14.1%
  • Position 4e13.2%
  • Position 5e19.8%

Reused answers

Wordle does occasionally repeat an answer. These words have appeared on more than one published puzzle date.

  1. acute2 times
  2. agree2 times
  3. awake2 times
  4. baton2 times
  5. break2 times
  6. bring2 times
  7. cigar2 times
  8. click2 times
  9. clock2 times
  10. comet2 times
  11. feign2 times
  12. flume2 times

Archive distribution over time

YearAnswers
2021196
2022365
2023365
2024366
2025365
2026303
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