At a glance

Most common: WHITE, BLACK, GREEN. Rarest: OCHER, UMBER, TAUPE. 17 have been a Wordle answer (WHITE, BLACK, GREEN, BROWN, CREAM, OLIVE…).

Five-letter colors (20)

WordRarityWordle
WHITECommon#1645
BLACKCommon#295
GREENCommon#877
BROWNCommon#1255
CREAMCommon#1344
OLIVEUncommon#308
AMBERRare#535
CORALRare#1510
IVORYRare#59
HAZELRare#1388
AZUREEpic#832
BEIGEEpic#1905
LILACEpic#379
KHAKIEpic#421
SEPIALegendary#1821
MAUVELegendary#1261
OCHRELegendary—
TAUPELegendary#1462
UMBERLegendary—
OCHERMythic—

Four-letter colors (16)

GOLD, BLUE, ROSE, NAVY, PINK, GRAY, RUBY, LIME, RUST, PLUM, AQUA, TEAL, FAWN, CYAN, PUCE, ECRU

Three-letter colors (2)

RED, TAN

Questions

What is the most common five-letter color?

WHITE, followed by BLACK and GREEN, by how often they appear in written English.

What is the rarest five-letter color?

OCHER is the rarest on this list, then UMBER and TAUPE. In Wordillion a word that rare scores Mythic.

Which five-letter colors have been Wordle answers?

WHITE (#1645), BLACK (#295), GREEN (#877), BROWN (#1255), CREAM (#1344), OLIVE (#308), AMBER (#535), CORAL (#1510), IVORY (#59), HAZEL (#1388), AZURE (#832), BEIGE (#1905), LILAC (#379), KHAKI (#421), SEPIA (#1821), MAUVE (#1261), TAUPE (#1462).

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.