5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JERRY

JERRY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛɹi/

Noun

A chamber pot.

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Jerry (“a German”).

Verb

Synonym of jerrybuild.

Adjective

Jerry-built.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 JERRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JERRY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 318 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,294 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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.

J___Y J in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position J__R_ J 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 AINEE SAULT TRAIN THALE
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
318 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JERRY 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,294 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JERRY ranks #14,294 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
586
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
406
6 guesses
39

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

609
457
227
223
196
117
68
62
43
35
33
27
24
23
22
19
18
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11
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9
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5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JERRY:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
19% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
SAINT 6.10 bits
19.4% →
SLANT 5.67 bits
9.6% →
AINEE 4.33 bits
9.5% →
SAULT 4.71 bits
8.3% →
TRAIN 5.04 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.50 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.73 bits
2.6% →
COAST 4.80 bits
1.8% →
LATER 3.78 bits
1.5% →
COAST 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1R1R1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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