Wordle Scores By City

Average Wordle scores vary across different cities across the globe. Here, you can find the highest scoring cities in the US and the rest of the world for the popular 5-letter word game. 

• A study of Wordle scores found that Saint Paul, MN, was the highest performing US city, averaging 3.51 turns. 
• The second-highest performing US city was Reading, PA, averaging 3.56 turns.
• The third-highest performing US city was Ann Arbor, MI, averaging 3.59 turns.
• 4 of the top 10 global cities (non-US) at the popular word game were Australian.
• The highest performing global city (non-US) was Canberra, Australia, averaging 3.58 turns. 
• Canberra was also 0.22 turns lower than Australia’s average of 3.80 turns.
• The second-highest performing global city (non-US) was Jerusalem, Israel, averaging 3.63 turns.
• Jerusalem was also 0.21 turns lower than Israel’s average of 3.84 turns.
• The third-highest performing global city (non-US) was Malmö, Sweden, averaging 3.66 turns.
• Malmö was also 0.06 turns lower than Sweden’s average of 3.72 turns.

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US cities

• Saint Paul, MN, was found to be the highest performing US city at making words with letters in Wordle, averaging 3.51 turns.
• Saint Paul was also 0.32 turns lower than the Minnesota average.
• Reading, PA, was found to be the second-highest performing US city at Wordle, averaging 3.56 turns.
• Reading was also 0.35 turns lower than the Pennsylvania average.
• Ann Arbor, MI, was found to be the third-highest performing US city at Wordle, averaging 3.59 turns.
• Ann Arbor was also 0.38 turns lower than the Michigan average.
• Waukesha, WI, showed the greatest performance increase from state to city level (-0.44 turns).
• All of the top 10 US cities at Wordle were from different states.

#	City	Average city score	State	Average state score	Difference (state vs. city)
1	Saint Paul	3.51	Minnesota	3.83	– 0.32
2	Reading	3.56	Pennsylvania	3.91	– 0.35
3	Ann Arbor	3.59	Michigan	3.97	– 0.38
4	Berkeley	3.61	California	3.90	– 0.29
5	Malden	3.62	Massachusetts	3.91	– 0.29
–	Tulsa	3.62	Oklahoma	3.92	– 0.30
7	Richmond	3.63	Virginia	3.95	– 0.32
8	Portsmouth	3.64	New Hampshire	3.73	– 0.09
–	Waukesha	3.64	Wisconsin	4.08	– 0.44
10	Nashville	3.66	Tennessee	3.89	– 0.23

A graph is given below to show the highest performing US cities at Wordle:

For lovers of word games with longer words, take a look at our list of 9-letter words. You can even adjust the length of the word you are looking for, so you will never run out of solutions for your next turn!

Global cities (non-US)

• Canberra, Australia, was found to be the highest performing global city (non-US) at Wordle, averaging 3.58 turns.
• Canberra was also 0.22 turns lower than the average for Australia.
• Jerusalem, Israel, was found to be the second-highest performing global city (non-US) at Wordle, averaging 3.63 turns.
• Jerusalem was also 0.21 turns lower than the average for Israel.
• Malmö, Sweden, was found to be the third-highest performing global city (non-US) at Wordle, averaging 3.66 turns.
• Malmö was also 0.06 turns lower than the average for Sweden.
• Paris, France, showed the greatest performance increase from country to city level (-0.38 turns).
• From the list, 40% of the cities were from Oceania and 30% were from Europe.

#	City	Average city score	Country	Average country score	Difference (state vs. city)
1	Canberra	3.58	Australia	3.80	– 0.22
2	Jerusalem	3.63	Israel	3.84	– 0.21
3	Malmö	3.66	Sweden	3.72	– 0.06
–	Durban	3.66	South Africa	3.83	– 0.17
5	Paris	3.69	France	4.07	– 0.38
6	Perth	3.70	Australia	3.80	– 0.10
–	Melbourne	3.70	Australia	3.80	– 0.10
8	Adelaide	3.71	Australia	3.80	– 0.09
9	Manila	3.72	Philippines	3.94	– 0.22
–	Geneva	3.72	Switzerland	3.78	– 0.06

A graph is given below to show the highest performing global cities (non-US) at Wordle: