5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

LORRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹi//ˈlʌɹi//ˈlɔɹɪj/

Noun

A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck

Noun

A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.

Verb

To transport by, or as if by, lorry.

Alternative forms: larry, lorrie

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 LORRY performs as a guess

LORRY 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,970 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE SAICE CADET SAINT SIENT SINCE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LORRY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,970 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LORRY ranks #8,970 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
249
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D U C H Y
A G L O W
L O R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LORRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
301
284
154
147
98
86
69
67
58
50
38
37
37
34
31
30
22
17
16
16
16
15
13
13
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LORRY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
12% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
SAINE 6.28 bits
12.8% →
SAICE 5.46 bits
12.0% →
CADET 5.32 bits
6.5% →
SAINT 4.83 bits
6.2% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
4.2% →
SINCE 4.57 bits
3.6% →
ATONE 4.11 bits
2.9% →
CASTE 4.17 bits
2.8% →
CEASE 4.93 bits
2.5% →
SHITE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1R1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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