Best Wordle Starting Words — 6,647 Great Opening Guesses

Top Wordle opening words (6,647 options)

SQUIZ ZAXES JUXTA KANZU KAREZ KNEZI KNIAZ OZARK QUARK QUINK QUIRK ZINKE ZIRAK AZOTH AZURY FAQIR FAZES FRAZE FRIZE FROZE FURZE FUZES FUZIL HAZEL HAZEN HAZER HAZES HAZLE HEINZ HIENZ NIZEY ORYZA QIYAS QUASH QUAYS QUERY QUEYS QUOTH SQUAW SWAZI TIWAZ VIZOR VORAZ WANZE WAZIR WINZE WIZEN WIZES ZAYIN ZIHAR AMZEL AZTEC BENZO BEZAN BEZIL BIZEL BIZEN BIZES BIZET BLAZE BONZE BOZAL BRAZE BRIZA BUREZ CANZO CIZAR CLOZE COLZA COZEN COZES CRAZE CROZE CUNZA ITCZE JAKES JAKOS JAKUN JATKI JAUKS JOKER JOKES JOKUL JOUKS JUKES JUTKA KANJI MANQU MATZO MAZEL MAZER MAZES MAZUR MAZUT MIQRA MIRZA MIZAR MIZEN MURZA NAZIM NIZAM PRIZE PSIZE QIBLA QUALM QUIPS ROJAK ROZUM SABZI SAQIB SMAZE SQUAB SQUAM SQUIB TAJIK TOPAZ UNZIP ZABTI ZAPUS ZEBRA ZEBUS ZEISM ZEMNI ZERMA ZIBET ZINCO ZINEB ZIRAM ZOISM ZONIC ZOSMA ADZER ADZES DAZES DIZEN DOZEN DOZER DOZES DRUZE DURZI ENJOY FAULX FAXES FELIX FEROX FIXER FIXES FLEXO FOREX FOXER FOXES FRIJA FUJIS FUNJE GAZEL GAZER GAZES GAZET GAZON GINZO GLAZE GLOZE GRAZE HAJES HAJIS HELIX HEXIS HIJRA IZARD JASEY JAVEL JAVER JEANY JEHUS JEWIS JIVES JOEYS JOHAN JONAH JOSEY JOSHI JOWAR JOWEL JOWER JUFTI JUYAS LAZED NJAVE NOHEX QAIDS QUADS QUAGS QUIDS QUODS RAJIV RAZED REFIX REWAX SHOJI SIZED

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What makes a great Wordle opener?

The best Wordle starting words share 4 traits: 5 unique letters, 2+ vowels, common consonants (R, S, T, L, N), and good letter distribution. Top picks: CRANE, SLATE, RAISE, STARE, TRAIL, TEARS, SNARE. After your opener, use our Wordle Solver to filter remaining answers instantly.