7 Letter Wordle: guess the seven-letter word
The rules you know, with seven letters instead of five. Longer words reveal more letters per guess, but there are far more possible answers.
How 7-letter mode works
- Guess the hidden 7-letter word in six tries.
- Green means the right letter in the right spot, yellow means the letter is in the word somewhere else, and grey means it is not in the word.
- Every guess must be a real word. We accept 15,602 7-letter words, in US and UK spellings.
- Rounds are unlimited: when you finish, the next word is one tap away.
The answer is one of 1,069 common 7-letter words, so you will not be asked to find an obscure word you have never seen. Hints, hard mode, XP and badges all work like in the five-letter game.
Best opening words for 7 letters
We tested every possible answer with 7 different letters as an opener against all 1,069 answers. tearing finds the most letters: on average 3.39 green or yellow tiles on the first guess.
| Rank | Word | Avg. tiles found | Avg. greens |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tearing | 3.39 | 1.34 |
| 2 | nastier | 3.35 | 0.93 |
| 3 | certain | 3.31 | 0.72 |
| 4 | erasing | 3.29 | 1.23 |
| 5 | resting | 3.25 | 1.39 |
| 6 | sealing | 3.17 | 1.40 |
| 7 | reading | 3.14 | 1.32 |
| 8 | fainter | 3.13 | 0.54 |
Most common letters in 7-letter answers
Share of answers that contain each letter at least once:
- i 59%
- e 58%
- n 53%
- r 46%
- a 46%
- t 42%
- g 36%
- l 33%
How it compares to the five-letter game
With 7 letters each guess tests more letters, so you usually find the vowels quickly. The hard part is placing them: there are many more 7-letter words, and common endings like -ING, -ION and -ER can send you down the wrong path. If you like the classic Wordle format but want a change of pace, switching length is the easiest way to make it feel new again.