5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DRIER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/[ˈdɹaɪɚ][ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]

Noun

Alternative spelling of dryer.

Adjective

comparative form of dry: more dry

Alternative forms: dryer

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 DRIER performs as a guess

DRIER 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,527 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.

D___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLATE SATIN COAST CEASE SAULT
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRIER 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
0.70 Volatility
#5,527 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRIER ranks #5,527 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
14
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
38%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
D R I E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRIER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
319
163
126
102
101
91
87
84
58
51
50
46
41
29
29
25
25
21
21
20
19
18
16
15
15
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRIER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SATIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SLANT 5.92 bits
13.5% →
SLATE 5.84 bits
6.9% →
SATIN 5.04 bits
5.3% →
COAST 5.35 bits
4.3% →
CEASE 4.59 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 5.19 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
3.7% →
COAST 3.52 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.68 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1I1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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