5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUIRE

QUIRE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.

Noun

A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.

Verb

To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

Verb

Poetic spelling of choir (“to sing in concert”).

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 QUIRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUIRE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,369 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.

Q___E Q in the 1st position and E in the 5th position Q__R_ Q in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALTY SLANT SOLAR ARSON SONLY COAST
Words starting with Q Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUIRE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,369 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUIRE ranks #11,369 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
29
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
37%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
259
178
175
171
158
113
97
76
63
55
53
42
42
41
38
35
35
30
30
24
21
20
20
18
15
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14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUIRE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SALTY
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SALTY 5.73 bits
11.0% →
SLANT 5.45 bits
7.5% →
SOLAR 4.15 bits
7.4% →
SALTY 4.82 bits
7.3% →
ARSON 4.71 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 5.01 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 5.09 bits
3.2% →
SONLY 3.78 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1I1R1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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