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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DRYER

Yes, DRYER was the Wordle answer on February 25, 2025 (Wordle #1347).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/[ˈdɹaɪɚ][ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]

Noun

One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative

“The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.”

Noun

Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer

Adjective

comparative form of dry: more dry

Alternative forms: drier

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: February 25, 2025 (#1347).

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

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How DRYER performs as a guess

DRYER 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,896 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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.

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 SAULT COAST SAINT REAST ALOUD
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRYER 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,896 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRYER ranks #9,896 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
19
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
30%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRYER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
379
190
130
108
103
100
96
67
63
56
39
34
33
29
23
23
22
21
21
17
16
14
14
12
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRYER:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
16% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SLANT 6.12 bits
16.1% →
SLANT 5.77 bits
8.1% →
SAULT 4.78 bits
5.5% →
COAST 5.39 bits
4.6% →
SAINT 4.65 bits
4.4% →
REAST 4.72 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 3.68 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.65 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.41 bits
2.7% →
ALOUD 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1Y4E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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