Wordle Letter-Slot Frequencies
Compiled by @Dez in Portland, OR.
See also:
- https://rentry.co/wordle-meta-list
- https://rentry.co/wordle-letter-pairs
- https://wordletools.azurewebsites.net/letterstats
- https://wordletools.azurewebsites.net/letterranking
- https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/01/wordle-letters
- https://www.reddit.com/r/words/comments/t6susf/wordle_letter_frequencies_overall_and_by_position/?rdt=63873
- https://real-statistics.com/wordle-strategy/wordle-letter-frequency-and-patterns/
Note the contrast between the above results and the classic all-of-English letter frequencies, for example see:
And if you're not aware of the history of ETAOIN SHRDLU then this page is worth reading:
Information below is based on the solutions list as of Wordle 904.
The NYT may change the list of Wordle Solutions at any time.
Total solution words: N
=2309
Key
Column | Description |
---|---|
l |
letter |
N(l) |
# of N solutions containing l |
%(l) |
% of N solutions containing l |
%1 |
% of N(l) with l in slot 1 |
%2 |
% of N(l) with l in slot 2 |
%3 |
% of N(l) with l in slot 3 |
%4 |
% of N(l) with l in slot 4 |
%5 |
% of N(l) with l in slot 5 |
%RL |
% of N(l) with more than one l |
All percent (%) values are rounded.
Data
Note: rotate phones to view in landscape.
Most-common slots (within 5% of the maximum) are highlighted.
Secondary slots (>= 19%) are bolded.
l |
N(l) |
%(l) |
%1 |
%2 |
%3 |
%4 |
%5 |
%RL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E |
1053 | 46% | 7 | 23 | 17 | 30 | 40 | 16% rl |
A |
906 | 39% | 15 | 34 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 8% rl |
R |
835 | 36% | 13 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 7% rl |
O |
672 | 29% | 6 | 42 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 12% rl |
T |
667 | 29% | 22 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 9% rl |
I |
646 | 28% | 5 | 31 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 4% rl |
L |
645 | 28% | 13 | 31 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 11% rl |
S |
617 | 27% | 59 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 8% rl |
N |
548 | 24% | 7 | 16 | 25 | 33 | 24 | 4% rl |
U |
456 | 20% | 7 | 41 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 2% rl |
C |
446 | 19% | 44 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 7 | 7% rl |
Y |
416 | 18% | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 88 | 2% rl |
H |
377 | 16% | 18 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 3% rl |
D |
370 | 16% | 30 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 32 | 6% rl |
P |
345 | 15% | 41 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 5% rl |
G |
299 | 13% | 38 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 4% rl |
M |
298 | 13% | 36 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 5% rl |
B |
266 | 12% | 65 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5% rl |
F |
206 | 9% | 66 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 11% rl |
K |
202 | 9% | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 56 | 4% rl |
W |
193 | 8% | 42 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1% rl |
V |
148 | 6% | 29 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 3% rl |
X |
37 | 2% | 0 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 22 | 0% rl |
Z |
35 | 2% | 9 | 6 | 31 | 57 | 11 | 14% rl |
Q |
29 | 1% | 79 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% rl |
J |
27 | 1% | 74 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0% rl |
The table below is a way to visualize the most common (uppercase e.g. U
) and secondary (lowercase e.g. u) positions for each letter.
The strength of the "binding" of the letter to a slot increases towards the top of the table and towards the left of each cell.
Frequency | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | Slot 4 | Slot 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
> 44% | Q J F B S |
Z |
Y K |
||
34-44% | C W P G M |
O U H X A |
I o U A |
c | E T H |
26-33% | D V |
R i L |
V x z |
N e V s k |
D |
19-25% | t | e w | n g b r d m | l g i m t o d | r l n x |
The frequency ranges above were chosen arbitrarily to divide the four groupings at what seemed to be natural or more or less obvious breaks.