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

READY

Yes, READY was the Wordle answer on November 8, 2024 (Wordle #1238).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd.i//ˈɹed.i//ˈrɛɖi/

Adjective

Prepared for immediate action or use.

“I made ready to set out on my journey.”

Adjective

Inclined; apt to happen.

Verb

To prepare; to make ready for action.

Noun

Ready money; cash.

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: November 8, 2024 (#1238).

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

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How READY performs as a guess

READY 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,656 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

R___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT STILE TOISE TALON GROUT SOILY
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How READY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,656 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, READY ranks #4,656 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
13
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
38%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A L A R Y
R E A D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches READY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

287
230
161
160
149
119
107
93
67
59
57
54
54
47
46
41
32
28
26
25
24
22
20
20
19
17
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing READY:

12% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
CLOUT 5.81 bits
9.8% →
STILE 5.49 bits
6.8% →
TOISE 4.74 bits
6.8% →
TALON 5.34 bits
6.3% →
GROUT 5.10 bits
5.0% →
SOILY 4.15 bits
4.5% →
SAULT 4.58 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
2.8% →
CAROL 4.66 bits
2.5% →
SATEM 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1A1D2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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