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PROXY

Yes, PROXY was the Wordle answer on January 18, 2022 (Wordle #213).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒk.si//ˈpɹɑk.si/

Adjective

Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

“a proxy indicator”

Noun

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

Noun

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

Verb

To serve as a proxy for.

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: January 18, 2022 (#213).

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

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How PROXY performs as a guess

PROXY 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 70.7% of games, misses completely in 29.3%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,164 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

P___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SALET CONTE SAULT CADIE ROATE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROXY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,164 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROXY ranks #11,164 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
264
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
37%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
P L U C K
P R O O F
P R O X Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PROXY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

691
276
193
169
150
118
107
82
52
48
45
44
31
29
22
21
20
19
17
16
15
15
14
13
12
11
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROXY:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.3% →
SLANE 6.30 bits
11.7% →
SALET 5.34 bits
8.2% →
CONTE 5.17 bits
7.2% →
SAULT 4.69 bits
6.4% →
CADIE 4.98 bits
5.0% →
ROATE 4.33 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.92 bits
3.5% →
SALET 5.32 bits
2.2% →
TARRE 4.28 bits
2.0% →
SLANE 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1X8Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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