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

MARRY

Yes, MARRY was the Wordle answer on July 16, 2021 (Wordle #27).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹi//ˈmɛɹi//ˈmaɾe/

Verb

To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

“Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.”

Verb

To enter into marriage with one another.

“Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.”

Interjection

A term of asseveration: indeed!, in truth!

Alternative forms: mary

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: July 16, 2021 (#27).

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

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How MARRY performs as a guess

MARRY 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,132 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

M___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__R_ M 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 TOISE SIDLE TUILE CRINE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MARRY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,132 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MARRY ranks #10,132 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
21
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)
75%
Green tile
37%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MARRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

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266
158
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116
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MARRY:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TOILE 6.12 bits
12.7% →
SLATE 5.71 bits
11.3% →
TOISE 5.18 bits
6.7% →
SIDLE 4.61 bits
5.3% →
TUILE 4.70 bits
4.9% →
CRINE 4.37 bits
2.9% →
TOUSE 4.93 bits
2.7% →
TOILE 5.33 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 3.63 bits
2.1% →
SHOTE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1R1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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