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

RELAY

Yes, RELAY was the Wordle answer on October 4, 2025 (Wordle #1568).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːleɪ//ɹiˈleɪ//ˌɹiːˈleɪ/

Noun

A new set of anything.

Noun

A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.

Verb

To pass on or transfer (information).

“The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters.”

Verb

Alternative spelling of re-lay.

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: October 4, 2025 (#1568).

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

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How RELAY performs as a guess

RELAY 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 90.6% of games, misses completely in 9.4%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,467 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__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TOISE GROUT SAINT POISE CLUNG
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RELAY 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
0.74 Volatility
#4,467 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RELAY ranks #4,467 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
24
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:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
34%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L Y N C H
R E L A Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RELAY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

222
180
178
149
148
106
101
99
95
94
72
67
54
54
51
33
31
23
23
21
20
19
19
19
18
17
16
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RELAY:

9% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.4% →
HOIST 5.86 bits
7.6% →
TOISE 4.75 bits
7.5% →
TOISE 5.33 bits
6.3% →
GROUT 5.10 bits
6.3% →
SAINT 5.36 bits
4.5% →
POISE 3.87 bits
4.3% →
CLUNG 4.55 bits
4.2% →
CHART 4.29 bits
4.0% →
SLEET 4.52 bits
4.0% →
SAUNT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1L1A1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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