At a glance

Most common: PARIS, DELHI, TOKYO. Rarest: WILNO, VADUZ, LASSA. None has been a Wordle answer yet.

Five-letter capital cities (28)

WordRarityWordle
PARISCommon—
DELHIUncommon—
TOKYOUncommon—
SEOULRare—
CAIRORare—
SOFIARare—
KABULRare—
HANOIEpic—
DHAKAEpic—
ABUJAEpic—
MINSKEpic—
AMMANEpic—
ACCRAEpic—
TUNISEpic—
DAKAREpic—
QUITOEpic—
BERNELegendary—
SANAALegendary—
PRAIALegendary—
LHASALegendary—
RABATLegendary—
TOKIOLegendary—
VILNALegendary—
PRAHALegendary—
DACCAMythic—
LASSAMythic—
VADUZMythic—
WILNOMythic—

Four-letter capital cities (18)

ROME, ROMA, LIMA, OSLO, KIEV, DOHA, BERN, SANA, BAKU, RIGA, VILA, SUVA, APIA, BIDA, LOME, PRAG, YEDO, URGA

Three-letter capital cities (1)

EDO

Questions

What is the most common five-letter capital city?

PARIS, followed by DELHI and TOKYO, by how often they appear in written English.

What is the rarest five-letter capital city?

WILNO is the rarest on this list, then VADUZ and LASSA. In Wordillion a word that rare scores Mythic.

Which five-letter capital cities have been Wordle answers?

None so far.

Rarity is how often a word appears in a large sample of written English (the wordfreq dataset), the same measure Wordillion scores with. “Wordle” shows the puzzle number if the word has been a New York Times Wordle answer, or “possible answer” if it is on the answer list but has not come up yet.