5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REDRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To dry again

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 REDRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REDRY 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,753 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__R_ R in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST STAIR SAULT SHALT ALOUD
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REDRY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,753 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REDRY ranks #10,753 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
33%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
384
206
203
180
91
67
57
56
34
34
32
32
31
26
24
21
20
19
19
19
16
15
14
13
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REDRY:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
16% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SLANT 6.12 bits
16.3% →
SLANT 5.78 bits
8.7% →
COAST 5.44 bits
8.6% →
STAIR 4.36 bits
7.6% →
SAULT 4.78 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.69 bits
2.8% →
ALOUD 4.67 bits
2.4% →
ANILE 4.73 bits
2.4% →
SHALT 4.72 bits
1.4% →
COAST 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1D2R1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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