5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

AYRIE

AYRIE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete spelling of eyrie.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 AYRIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AYRIE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 93.0% of games, misses completely in 7.0%, and leaves about 80 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,524 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__I_ A in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SHUNT SLEET FLINT SOLDE SOULY
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.40 Entropy (bits)
80 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AYRIE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,524 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AYRIE ranks #5,524 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
24
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
93%
Green tile
35%
All gray
7%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

177
164
137
120
113
99
96
91
87
86
82
69
66
63
54
51
46
45
40
39
34
31
28
27
26
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25
23
23
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AYRIE:

8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SHUNT
6% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.5% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
7.0% →
SHUNT 5.52 bits
5.8% →
SLEET 5.40 bits
5.1% →
FLINT 4.77 bits
4.8% →
SLEET 4.29 bits
4.2% →
SOLDE 4.12 bits
4.1% →
SOULY 4.56 bits
3.9% →
BRUNT 4.71 bits
3.7% →
SHALT 4.68 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1Y4R1I1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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