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REFER

Yes, REFER was the Wordle answer on July 19, 2024 (Wordle #1126).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɜː//ɹɪˈfɝ//ɹɪˈfɛr/

Verb

To direct the attention of (someone toward something).

“The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.”

Verb

To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

“He referred the matter to the principal.”

Noun

A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its slug or headline and its page number.

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: July 19, 2024 (#1126).

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

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How REFER performs as a guess

REFER 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 66.9% of games, misses completely in 33.1%, and leaves about 359 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,984 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___R R in the 1st position and R in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST ALIEN SHALT SADLY
Words starting with R Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
359 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REFER 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,984 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REFER ranks #12,984 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
682
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
354
6 guesses
15
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
28%
All gray
33%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P L I E R
R E F E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REFER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

781
321
282
126
89
88
85
75
39
35
33
32
28
28
25
20
19
14
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REFER:

33% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
12% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.1% →
SAINT 5.96 bits
13.6% →
SLANT 5.65 bits
12.0% →
COAST 5.42 bits
5.3% →
COAST 4.78 bits
3.8% →
ALIEN 4.37 bits
3.7% →
SHALT 4.56 bits
3.6% →
COAST 3.44 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.91 bits
1.7% →
SAINT 4.11 bits
1.5% →
SADLY 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1F4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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