5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAIRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛəɹi/

Adjective

Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.

“Don't get lairy with me!”

Adjective

Vulgar and flashy.

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 LAIRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAIRY 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 89.5% of games, misses completely in 10.5%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,300 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

L___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__R_ L 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

STONE TOUSE STANE SOWCE CONTE CLOTE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAIRY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAIRY ranks #3,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
982
4 guesses
1,077
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
24
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
42%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

247
246
154
138
121
119
105
95
86
74
61
51
50
46
45
44
37
36
33
30
29
26
21
19
19
18
18
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAIRY:

10% chance
Suggested:
STONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
7% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.5% →
STONE 5.97 bits
10.4% →
TOUSE 5.50 bits
6.5% →
STANE 5.39 bits
5.9% →
SOWCE 4.92 bits
5.1% →
CONTE 5.34 bits
5.0% →
CLOTE 4.62 bits
4.5% →
BEAST 4.40 bits
4.0% →
SMOTE 4.52 bits
3.6% →
STONE 5.20 bits
3.1% →
CONTE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1I1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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