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

QUERY

Yes, QUERY was the Wordle answer on January 10, 2022 (Wordle #205).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪə.ɹi//ˈkwɪː.ɹi//ˈkwɪɹ.i/

Noun

A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).

“The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.”

Noun

A question mark.

Verb

To ask a question.

Verb

To ask, inquire.

Alternative forms: quæry

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 10, 2022 (#205).

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

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How QUERY performs as a guess

QUERY 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,597 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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.

Q__R_ Q in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT LIANE AINEE SLANT COAST SLAIN
Words starting with Q Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUERY 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,597 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUERY ranks #13,597 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
686
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
358
6 guesses
41
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S P E R M
E V E R Y
Q U E R Y

One example route used by the solver.

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

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
389
253
217
173
118
99
54
53
48
48
45
44
40
35
35
33
23
19
18
18
15
12
11
11
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUERY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
SAINT 6.02 bits
16.5% →
LIANE 5.32 bits
10.7% →
AINEE 4.44 bits
9.2% →
SAINT 5.08 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 4.64 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 5.11 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.42 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.62 bits
2.0% →
SAINT 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1E1R1Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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