At a glance

Most common: CHINA, INDIA, JAPAN. Rarest: KATAR, TCHAD, ELLAS. None has been a Wordle answer yet. 2 more are on the answer list and could still come up.

Five-letter countries (38)

WordRarityWordle
CHINACommonpossible answer
INDIACommon—
JAPANCommon—
ITALYCommon—
WALESCommon—
SPAINUncommon—
EGYPTUncommon—
SYRIAUncommon—
KENYAUncommon—
CHILEUncommon—
GHANARare—
SUDANRare—
YEMENRare—
NEPALRare—
LIBYARare—
QATARRare—
HAITIRare—
BURMARare—
MALTARare—
TIBETRare—
NIGERRare—
SAMOAEpic—
TONGAEpicpossible answer
BENINEpic—
NAURUEpic—
GABONEpic—
UZBEKEpic—
TAJIKLegendary—
PALAULegendary—
NIHONLegendary—
MAROCLegendary—
NORGELegendary—
SUOMIMythic—
KAZAKMythic—
ANNAMMythic—
ELLASMythic—
TCHADMythic—
KATARMythic—

Four-letter countries (18)

IRAN, IRAQ, CUBA, CHAD, PERU, USSR, FIJI, MALI, ZION, OMAN, LAOS, SIAM, SION, TOGO, ARAM, DPRK, EIRE, IRAK

Three-letter countries (4)

USA, PRC, RUS, FRG

Questions

What is the most common five-letter country?

CHINA, followed by INDIA and JAPAN, by how often they appear in written English.

What is the rarest five-letter country?

KATAR is the rarest on this list, then TCHAD and ELLAS. In Wordillion a word that rare scores Mythic.

Which five-letter countries have been Wordle answers?

None so far. Still possible: CHINA, TONGA.

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.