5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

HARRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹi//ˈhaɹɪj//ˈhɛɹi/

Verb

To plunder, pillage, assault.

Verb

To make repeated attacks on an enemy.

Noun

A menial servant; a sweeper.

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 HARRY performs as a guess

HARRY 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,490 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

H___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__R_ H 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 SIDLE CLOTE STILE CRINE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HARRY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,490 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HARRY ranks #11,490 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
25
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)
77%
Green tile
36%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
A L P H A
H A R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HARRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

532
292
274
165
144
130
117
57
56
53
43
42
42
29
22
20
18
18
17
16
16
15
15
14
12
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HARRY:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
TOILE 6.17 bits
12.4% →
SLATE 5.54 bits
11.6% →
TOILE 4.99 bits
7.0% →
SIDLE 4.64 bits
6.1% →
CLOTE 5.29 bits
5.5% →
STILE 4.72 bits
5.0% →
CRINE 4.33 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 3.62 bits
2.4% →
SLATE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
SUETE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1R1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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