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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ANNOY

Yes, ANNOY was the Wordle answer on October 8, 2025 (Wordle #1572).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈnoɪ̯/[əˈnoɪ̯]/əˈnɔɪ̯/

Verb

To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

“Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.”

Verb

To molest; to harm; to injure.

“to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade”

Noun

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

Noun

That which causes such a feeling.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 8, 2025 (#1572).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ANNOY performs as a guess

ANNOY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,504 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___Y A in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__Y N in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER REAST TORSE SIDLE GRISE SLART
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ANNOY performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,504 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ANNOY ranks #11,504 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
32
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
A N N O Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ANNOY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

519
440
273
139
100
85
84
66
63
60
59
57
43
37
18
18
18
18
15
14
13
11
11
11
11
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ANNOY:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
19% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

22.0% →
SLIER 6.14 bits
18.7% →
REAST 5.55 bits
11.6% →
TORSE 5.46 bits
5.9% →
SIDLE 4.61 bits
4.2% →
GRISE 5.14 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.24 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.18 bits
2.8% →
WRITE 4.45 bits
2.7% →
STIRE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
TRIPE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for ANNOY; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

A1N1N1O1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.