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

FERRY

Yes, FERRY was the Wordle answer on December 27, 2021 (Wordle #191).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹi//ˈfeɹi//ˈfɛɾe/

Verb

To carry; transport; convey.

“Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.”

Verb

To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.

“Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.”

Noun

A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

“Islanders normally have to queue for half an hour to get on the ferry.”

Noun

A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.

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: December 27, 2021 (#191).

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

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How FERRY performs as a guess

FERRY 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,836 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

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.

F___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT POTAE SAULT THALE COAST
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FERRY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,836 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FERRY ranks #11,836 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
317
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)
76%
Green tile
37%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S P E R M
B E R R Y
F E R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FERRY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
434
208
204
174
106
63
58
37
36
32
29
26
25
24
23
22
17
17
17
16
16
14
11
11
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FERRY:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
POTAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
18.4% →
SLANT 5.65 bits
8.8% →
POTAE 4.47 bits
8.7% →
SAULT 4.74 bits
7.4% →
SAINT 4.92 bits
4.5% →
THALE 4.50 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.71 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.83 bits
1.6% →
TALER 3.86 bits
1.5% →
SAINT 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1R1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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