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

REPAY

Yes, REPAY was the Wordle answer on August 1, 2021 (Wordle #43).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiˈpeɪ/

Verb

Synonym of pay back in all senses.

“I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.”

Verb

To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.

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: August 1, 2021 (#43).

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

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How REPAY performs as a guess

REPAY 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,747 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

COUNT TOILE SLANT TOISE GROUT SIDLE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REPAY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,747 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REPAY ranks #4,747 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
18
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
33%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REPAY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

280
238
199
159
145
132
120
102
68
67
63
49
44
42
34
33
29
28
28
26
23
22
21
19
18
17
16
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REPAY:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
COUNT 5.97 bits
10.1% →
TOILE 5.47 bits
8.4% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
6.7% →
TOISE 4.68 bits
6.1% →
GROUT 4.97 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
5.1% →
SIDLE 4.26 bits
4.3% →
CRAFT 4.07 bits
2.9% →
GRATE 3.65 bits
2.8% →
CLINE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1P3A1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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