5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

ARRAY

ARRAY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪ//əˈɹæɪ//ˈə.reː/

Noun

Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.

Noun

A collection laid out to be viewed in full.

Verb

To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.

“He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.”

Verb

To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.

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

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

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

How ARRAY performs as a guess

ARRAY 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 303 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,620 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__A_ A in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLICE TOISE SIDLE CONTE SATED
Words starting with A Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
303 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARRAY 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,620 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARRAY ranks #13,620 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
658
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
369
6 guesses
37
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
42%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
A R R A Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ARRAY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

694
310
200
188
152
96
78
76
72
69
63
22
22
19
18
17
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
10
10
9
9
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARRAY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
TOILE 6.16 bits
13.1% →
SLICE 5.45 bits
8.5% →
TOISE 5.05 bits
8.0% →
SIDLE 4.60 bits
6.4% →
CONTE 4.74 bits
4.1% →
SATED 4.20 bits
3.3% →
TOUSE 4.98 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.13 bits
3.1% →
CLEAT 4.60 bits
2.9% →
CLONE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1R1A1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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