Game of Thrones Wordle Word List

Every one of the 180 five-letter answers in the Game of Thrones bank, grouped by category, with what each one refers to in the story.

This is the exact bank the daily challenge, endless mode, and themed packs draw from — nothing here is exclusive to a spoiler-only view. Use it to study before an endless run, settle an argument about whether a name is "real," or just browse Westeros trivia. See the dated answers archive for which word appeared on which day.

Characters

45 words

AEGON Common

Targaryen conqueror who united Westeros astride his dragon Balerion.

AEMON Uncommon

Blind maester of Castle Black, the secret Targaryen who once refused the Iron Throne.

BALON Obscure

King of the Iron Islands who dies falling from a storm-battered rope bridge at Pyke.

BERIC Uncommon

Lightning Lord resurrected repeatedly by Thoros of Myr to lead the Brotherhood.

BRONN Uncommon

Sellsword who wins trial by combat for Tyrion, later bought off with a lordship.

CLEON Obscure

Former butcher who seized Astapor's throne and styled himself "the Great".

DALLA Obscure

Mance Rayder's wildling wife, who dies birthing their son at the Wall.

DAVOS Uncommon

The Onion Knight, smuggler-turned-Hand who serves Stannis then Jon Snow.

DONAL Obscure

One-armed Night's Watch armorer who forged Robert's warhammer before taking the black.

DROGO Common

Khal of the Dothraki and Daenerys's first husband, whose death sparked her rise.

EDRIC Obscure

Young Lord of Starfall who reveals he and Jon Snow share the same wet nurse.

EURON Uncommon

Greyjoy pirate-king who returns with the Silence to seize the Iron Islands.

GENNA Obscure

Tywin Lannister's sharp-tongued sister, wed for decades into House Frey.

GILLY Uncommon

Craster's daughter-wife who flees the Wall with Sam Tarly and her baby son.

GRENN Obscure

Night's Watch recruit nicknamed "Aurochs," who dies holding the Wall against a giant.

HARYS Obscure

Knight of Cornfield used by Cersei as a puppet Hand of the King.

HODOR Common

Winterfell stableboy whose name shrank from "hold the door" after Bran wormed into his mind.

JAIME Common

Kingslayer and Lannister twin who lost his sword hand at Harrenhal.

JANOS Uncommon

Corrupt commander of the City Watch who betrays Ned Stark for a lordship.

JEYNE Obscure

Sansa's childhood friend forced to impersonate Arya in marriage to Ramsay Bolton.

JOJEN Uncommon

Crannogman with greensight whose prophetic dreams guide Bran Stark north.

JORAH Uncommon

Exiled bear-sigil lord who serves and secretly loves Daenerys for years.

KEVAN Obscure

Tywin Lannister's loyal younger brother, murdered by Varys as Lord Regent.

LOMMY Obscure

Orphan boy in Yoren's recruit band, speared through the throat by a Lannister guard.

LORAS Uncommon

The Knight of Flowers, a champion jouster and Renly Baratheon's secret lover.

MANCE Obscure

King-Beyond-the-Wall who united the free folk tribes against the Others.

MEERA Uncommon

Crannogwoman who guards Bran Stark on his journey beyond the Wall.

OBARA Obscure

Eldest Sand Snake, a spear-wielding daughter of Oberyn Martell.

ORELL Obscure

Wildling warg who skinchanges an eagle and is killed by Jon Snow.

PENNY Obscure

Dwarf performer from Joffrey's wedding feast who later befriends Tyrion in Essos.

PETYR Uncommon

Littlefinger, the low-born schemer who claws his way to Lord of the Vale.

PYPAR Obscure

Former mummer's boy at Castle Black known for his comic voices and big ears.

RENLY Common

Youngest Baratheon brother who claimed the crown before dying to Melisandre's shadow.

ROBIN Uncommon

"Sweetrobin" Arryn, the sickly young Lord of the Eyrie raised by Lysa Tully.

ROOSE Uncommon

Cold-blooded Lord of the Dreadfort who orchestrates the Red Wedding.

SANSA Common

Eldest Stark daughter who survives King's Landing and the Boltons to rule Winterfell.

SATIN Obscure

Former Oldtown prostitute who rises to become one of Jon Snow's stewards.

SYRIO Uncommon

Braavosi "dancing master" Forel who trained Arya Stark with a wooden sword.

THEON Common

Ward of Winterfell turned Greyjoy turncloak, later broken into "Reek" by Ramsay Bolton.

TYENE Obscure

Poison-skilled Sand Snake daughter of Oberyn, deceptively sweet-faced.

TYWIN Uncommon

Ruthless Lord of Casterly Rock, killed on the privy by his son Tyrion.

VARYS Uncommon

The eunuch Master of Whisperers who serves the realm through a web of "little birds".

WALDA Obscure

Called "Fat Walda," the Frey bride Roose Bolton chose for her weight in silver.

WYLLA Obscure

Starfall servant long believed by many to be Jon Snow's true mother.

YOREN Obscure

Night's Watch recruiter who cuts Arya's hair to disguise her as a boy.

Houses

23 words

ARRYN Uncommon

House whose words are "As High as Honor," ruling the Vale from the Eyrie.

BLACK Uncommon

House Blackwood of Raventree Hall keeps the old gods and an ancient feud with the Brackens.

CARON Obscure

Stormlands house of Nightsong, ruled by Bryce Caron until his death at Blackwater.

CRABB Obscure

Crackclaw Point house descended from the legendary headhunter Clarence Crabb.

CRANE Obscure

Reach house of Red Lake whose women are rumored able to transform into cranes.

DARRY Obscure

Riverlands house whose plowman sigil once guarded a keep on the kingsroad.

DAYNE Obscure

Ancient Dornish house of Starfall, keepers of the pale greatsword Dawn.

FOOTE Obscure

Westerlands house granted Nightsong after its knight slew Bryce Caron at Blackwater.

FREYS Uncommon

Twins-holding house whose betrayal of guest right triggered the Red Wedding.

LIONS Common

Emblem of House Lannister, the golden lion of Casterly Rock on crimson.

PAYNE Uncommon

Lannister-sworn house whose humble squire Podrick famously serves Tyrion and Brienne.

REYNE Obscure

Westerlands house wiped out by Tywin Lannister, immortalized in "The Rains of Castamere".

ROYCE Obscure

Vale house of Runestone whose lords still fight in ancient runed bronze armor.

SELMY Uncommon

House of the famed knight Barristan the Bold, once Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.

STAGS Common

Emblem of House Baratheon, the crowned stag that once sat the Iron Throne.

STARK Common

House of Winterfell whose words, "Winter Is Coming," warn of the ancient enemy.

SWYFT Obscure

Westerlands house of Cornfield whose daughter Dorna married Kevan Lannister.

TARLY Obscure

House of Horn Hill wielding the Valyrian blade Heartsbane, led by stern Randyll.

TARTH Uncommon

Stormlands island house of Evenfall Hall; Brienne the Maid of Tarth is its heir.

TULLY Uncommon

Riverlands house sigil'd with a leaping trout, words "Family, Duty, Honor".

UMBER Obscure

Northern house of Last Hearth led by the fierce, fingerless Greatjon.

WELLS Obscure

A minor northern and Dornish house name, including the loyal knight Theodan the True.

WYLDE Obscure

Stormlands house of the Rain House, sworn to Storm's End.

Locations

25 words

ACORN Obscure

Riverlands seat of House Smallwood where the Brotherhood Without Banners hosts Arya.

ARROW Uncommon

What Olly used to shoot Ygritte through the chest during the Battle of Castle Black.

CANAL Obscure

Braavos's Canal of Heroes and Long Canal, threading the lagoon city's bridges.

CRYPT Uncommon

Winterfell's underground burial halls holding statues of the dead Kings of Winter.

DORNE Common

Sun-scorched southern realm ruled by House Martell, never conquered by dragonfire.

DRIFT Obscure

Island seat of House Velaryon in the crownlands, home to the Driftwood Throne.

ESSOS Common

The vast eastern continent home to Braavos, Meereen, and the Dothraki Sea.

EYRIE Uncommon

Nearly impregnable Vale castle atop the Giant's Lance, seat of House Arryn.

GATES Uncommon

Black Gate beneath the Wall, or the fabled Jade Gates linking Qarth to the east.

GORGE Obscure

The ravine flanking the Wall's western end, spanned by the Bridge of Skulls.

HARPY Obscure

Ancient Ghiscari emblem topping Meereen's Great Pyramid before Daenerys tore it down.

KEEPS Uncommon

Fortified strongholds like the Red Keep, seat of the Iron Throne in King's Landing.

MARSH Uncommon

The Neck's boggy terrain protecting Moat Cailin, home to the crannogmen.

MOATS Obscure

Ruined causeway fortress Moat Cailin, gateway between the North and the riverlands.

QARTH Obscure

Wealthy Essos trading city at the Jade Gates, ruled by merchant princes called the Thirteen.

QOHOR Obscure

Easternmost Free City of Essos, called the City of Sorcerers, home of the Black Goat.

REACH Uncommon

Fertile southern region of Westeros ruled by House Tyrell from Highgarden.

RIVER Common

The Trident's waterway region ruled by House Tully from Riverrun.

SHORE Uncommon

Iron Islands coastline where the ironborn "pay the iron price" through reaving.

SLAVE Uncommon

Bay of cities Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen that Daenerys conquers and frees.

TOWER Common

The Tower of Joy in Dorne, site of Ned Stark's duel with Ser Arthur Dayne.

TWINS Uncommon

Frey stronghold on the Green Fork where the Red Wedding massacre took place.

VAULT Uncommon

Casterly Rock's legendary treasury, source of the Lannisters' vast gold wealth.

WALLS Common

Three-hundred-mile ice barrier built to guard Westeros against the Others.

WHITE Uncommon

White Harbor, the North's largest port city, ruled by House Manderly from the New Castle.

Objects & Relics

29 words

ARMOR Common

House Royce's ancient runed bronze plate, said to ward its wearer from harm.

BADGE Uncommon

The Hand of the King wears one — the hand-shaped pin Ned Stark bore so reluctantly.

BLADE Common

Needle, Arya Stark's thin Braavosi practice sword gifted by Jon Snow.

BOLTS Uncommon

Crossbow ammunition, the weapon Tyrion used to kill his father Tywin.

CHAIN Uncommon

Maester's neck chain of many metals, forged link by link for each field mastered.

CLOAK Common

The white one marks the Kingsguard — Jaime Lannister wore his through years of infamy.

COINS Common

The iron coin Jaqen H'ghar gave Arya — "valar morghulis" buys her passage to Braavos.

CROWN Common

Viserys demanded a golden one — Khal Drogo delivered it molten, poured over his head.

DIRKS Uncommon

Short stabbing daggers, the kind used in the Night's Watch mutiny against Jeor Mormont.

FEAST Common

The Red Wedding banquet at the Twins, where Robb and Catelyn Stark were murdered.

GLASS Uncommon

Dragonglass, obsidian that kills White Walkers, mined heavily on Dragonstone.

HORNS Uncommon

The signal blasts of the Night's Watch, with three meaning the White Walkers have come.

LANCE Uncommon

Jousting weapon Loras Tyrell wielded to unhorse the Mountain at the Hand's tourney.

QUILL Uncommon

A maester's writing tool, used to pen ravens' messages across the Seven Kingdoms.

REINS Uncommon

A rider's horse controls, as when Daenerys learns to ride among the Dothraki.

RINGS Uncommon

Daenerys dropped one as a trail marker for Jorah and Daario when the Dothraki seized her.

ROPES Uncommon

Bridge rigging at Pyke that snapped in a storm, killing Balon Greyjoy.

SCALE Uncommon

Greyscale, the stone-skin plague that scarred Shireen Baratheon and infected Jorah Mormont.

SHARD Uncommon

A fragment of dragonglass or Valyrian steel, prized as a weapon against the dead.

SIGIL Uncommon

A house's heraldic emblem, like the direwolf of Stark or the lion of Lannister.

SPEAR Common

Oberyn Martell's poisoned weapon of choice in his trial by combat against Gregor Clegane.

STAFF Uncommon

Weapon a blinded Arya learns to fight with against the Waif's stick beatings in Braavos.

STEEL Common

Valyrian steel, a rare magical metal that can kill White Walkers and hold an edge forever.

SWORD Common

Ice, the Stark greatsword Ned Stark used for executions before it was melted down.

TORCH Uncommon

Fire wielded against wights, since flame is one of the few things that stops them.

TRAPS Uncommon

Ramsay Bolton's specialty, baiting Jon Snow with Rickon at the Battle of the Bastards.

VENOM Uncommon

The Red Viper's poisoned spear tip, which slowly killed Gregor Clegane after their duel.

WHEEL Uncommon

Daenerys's metaphor for the cycle of noble houses fighting for the Iron Throne.

WHIPS Uncommon

Tools of slave masters in Astapor and Yunkai that Daenerys sought to abolish.

Concepts & Titles

58 words

BLOOD Common

House Targaryen's claim that "the dragon must have three heads" of royal blood.

BOUND Uncommon

What guest right leaves broken at the Red Wedding, when hospitality became a trap.

BRAWL Uncommon

The King's Landing bread riot where a starving mob tore the High Septon limb from limb.

CHAOS Uncommon

Littlefinger's creed that "chaos is a ladder" for those willing to climb it.

CREST Uncommon

A house's heraldic device, such as the three-headed dragon of House Targaryen.

CURSE Uncommon

House Targaryen's hereditary madness, which the Mad King Aerys II embodied most infamously.

DEATH Common

What the High Valyrian phrase "Valar Morghulis" declares all men must face.

DEBTS Uncommon

"A Lannister always pays his debts" — the unofficial words, truer than "Hear Me Roar".

DWARF Common

Tyrion Lannister, the "Imp" whose sharp wit outpaces his stature at every turn.

EXILE Uncommon

Daenerys and Viserys Targaryen's condition across the narrow sea after Robert's Rebellion.

FAITH Uncommon

The Faith of the Seven, Westeros's dominant religion led by the High Septon.

FIRES Common

Wildfire, the volatile substance Aerys II hoarded to burn King's Landing.

FLAME Common

Where Melisandre reads the will of her god R'hllor, the Lord of Light.

FORGE Uncommon

Where Gendry hammered out dragonglass weapons at Winterfell before the Long Night.

FROST Common

The deep chill beyond the Wall heralding the coming of the Others.

GHOST Common

Jon Snow's pale albino direwolf, the runt of Winterfell's litter.

GIANT Common

Wun Wun, the last giant beyond the Wall who fights for Jon Snow at Hardhome.

GLORY Common

What Stannis Baratheon's Battle of the Blackwater assault was meant to win him.

GRACE Uncommon

Honorific "Your Grace" used to address kings and queens across Westeros.

HONOR Common

Ned Stark's defining virtue, which ultimately leads to his execution in King's Landing.

HOUND Common

Sandor Clegane, the scarred Lannister guard who protects and mentors Arya Stark.

HOUSE Common

A noble family line, like Stark, Lannister, or Targaryen, defined by sigil and words.

KINGS Common

Rival claimants of the War of the Five Kings fighting for the Iron Throne.

KNEEL Uncommon

What Jon Snow refuses to do before Ramsay Bolton, and what many bend to Daenerys.

LIEGE Uncommon

A sworn overlord, as when Robb Stark is proclaimed King in the North by his bannermen.

LIGHT Common

The Lord of Light, Melisandre's red god who battles the darkness of the Others.

MAGIC Common

Force returning to the world alongside dragons, wargs, and the White Walkers.

MAIDS Uncommon

Attendants like Shae, who serve highborn ladies such as Sansa in King's Landing.

MERCY Common

What Daenerys offers defeated slavers at first, before turning to fire and blood.

NIGHT Common

The Night's Watch, sworn to guard the Wall for a thousand years without reward.

NORTH Common

Stark-ruled kingdom that later declares independence under Sansa Stark as queen.

OATHS Uncommon

Vows of the Night's Watch and Kingsguard, sworn for life and rarely broken lightly.

PLOTS Uncommon

The Small Council chamber where Varys and Littlefinger scheme against one another.

POWER Common

Varys and Littlefinger's riddle-tested subject: where true power actually resides.

QUEEN Common

Title claimed by Cersei, Daenerys, and Margaery amid the war for the Iron Throne.

RAVEN Common

Bird maesters use to carry messages across Westeros, also linked to the three-eyed seer.

REALM Common

The Seven Kingdoms as a whole, united under the Iron Throne since Aegon's Conquest.

REIGN Common

A monarch's rule, as in Robert Baratheon's seventeen years atop the Iron Throne.

ROYAL Common

Blood status claimed by Targaryens, Baratheons, and later Stark rulers of the North.

SEVEN Common

The gods of the Faith: Father, Mother, Warrior, Maiden, Smith, Crone, and Stranger.

SHAME Common

The walk Cersei Lannister endures naked through King's Landing, rung by a bell.

SIEGE Uncommon

Stannis Baratheon's failed assault on King's Landing at the Battle of the Blackwater.

SMITH Uncommon

One of the Seven gods of the Faith, patron of craftsmen and laborers.

STEED Uncommon

Silver, Daenerys's prized horse gifted to her at her wedding to Khal Drogo.

STONE Common

Dragonstone, the Targaryen ancestral seat and Stannis Baratheon's stronghold.

SWORN Uncommon

Night's Watch recruits become "sworn brothers" after reciting their vows.

TEETH Uncommon

Biter, Rorge's monstrous companion, filed his to points and fought like a rabid dog.

TRIAL Uncommon

Tyrion's trial by combat, where Oberyn Martell fought Gregor Clegane for his life.

TRUCE Uncommon

The Dragonpit parley's goal, where Cersei feigned one after seeing a captured wight.

TRYST Obscure

Jaime and Cersei's secret incestuous meetings, first glimpsed in a Winterfell tower.

USURP Obscure

Robert Baratheon's Targaryen-given epithet, "the Usurper," for seizing their throne.

VALAR Uncommon

Half of the High Valyrian phrase "Valar Morghulis," meaning all men must die.

VALOR Uncommon

Trait praised in knights like Barristan Selmy, who guarded three kings in his prime.

VIPER Common

Oberyn Martell, "the Red Viper" of Dorne, famed for his poisoned spear.

WATCH Common

The Night's Watch, the black-clad order that mans the Wall against the wildlings.

WIGHT Uncommon

A reanimated corpse raised and controlled by the Night King and the Others.

WRATH Uncommon

Cersei's, unleashed when she burned the Great Sept of Baelor with a cache of wildfire.

YIELD Uncommon

What Stannis refused to do at Storm's End, enduring a siege on rats and smuggled onions.

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