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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PARRY

Yes, PARRY was the Wordle answer on September 8, 2021 (Wordle #81).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹ.i/

Verb

To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

Noun

A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.

Noun

A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

Alternative forms: parree

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: September 8, 2021 (#81).

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

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How PARRY performs as a guess

PARRY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,124 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__R_ P 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 CLOTE CRINE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PARRY 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
#9,124 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PARRY ranks #9,124 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
39%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PARRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
297
245
150
134
117
76
68
52
48
48
38
33
30
29
27
24
23
20
18
18
18
17
16
15
13
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PARRY:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
TOILE 6.17 bits
12.6% →
SLATE 5.65 bits
10.4% →
TOISE 5.22 bits
6.4% →
SIDLE 4.65 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.71 bits
5.0% →
CRINE 4.37 bits
3.2% →
STILE 5.18 bits
2.9% →
TOISE 4.86 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 3.51 bits
2.0% →
SHOTE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3A1R1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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