5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

CARRY

Yes, CARRY was the Wordle answer on October 27, 2022 (Wordle #495).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹi//ˈkɛɹi//ˈkeɹi/

Verb

To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

Verb

To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

“to carry the war from Greece into Asia”

Noun

A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

“Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don’t tire too quickly.”

Noun

A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.

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 27, 2022 (#495).

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

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How CARRY performs as a guess

CARRY 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,767 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

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Useful pattern pages

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

C___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__R_ C in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE SIDLE STILE BEAST
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARRY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,767 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARRY ranks #8,767 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
41%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CARRY in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
279
243
175
114
109
98
65
59
50
48
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43
33
31
28
19
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARRY:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TOILE 6.21 bits
11.8% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
10.3% →
TOISE 5.18 bits
7.4% →
SIDLE 4.58 bits
4.8% →
STILE 4.73 bits
4.6% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
4.2% →
BEAST 4.42 bits
2.8% →
TOUSE 4.92 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.73 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 3.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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