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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).

See the full page for that puzzle: 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 2,374 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 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,656 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in READY.

First-turn measures

All four describe READY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.13 Entropy (bits)
118 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 opening guess: previous 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#4,656 Rank among openers
Opening with READY left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.66 average. It 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 (3.46 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

READY can come back 110 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

289 answers
233 answers
163 answers
161 answers
149 answers
121 answers
108 answers
93 answers
67 answers
60 answers
58 answers
54 answers
54 answers
47 answers
46 answers
41 answers
32 answers
28 answers
26 answers
25 answers
24 answers
22 answers
21 answers
20 answers
19 answers
17 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers

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.

Try next

CLOUT STILE TALON TOISE GROUT SOILY

Strategy after playing READY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to READY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing READY:

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

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
CLOUT 5.82 bits
9.8% →
STILE 5.49 bits
6.9% →
TALON 5.33 bits
6.8% →
TOISE 4.73 bits
6.3% →
GROUT 5.09 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.15 bits
4.5% →
SAULT 4.57 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
2.8% →
CAROL 4.66 bits
2.5% →
SATEM 3.90 bits

Research on READY

Game-tree analysis and word research for READY, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with READY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,162 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with READY can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.66, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it REHDEE.

Rhymes with TEDDY REDDY HEADY

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, READY is a kind of preparation or make.

Synonyms make set QUICK fix cook prepare

Opposites unwilling unavailable unprepared

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
READY sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 191 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Learner level
Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A1); among the first words English learners study.

In a sentence

I was ready for you.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)
I was ready for it.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS.