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REPLY

Yes, REPLY was the Wordle answer on August 3, 2026 (Wordle #1871).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈplaɪ/

Verb

To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

Verb

To act or gesture in response.

“Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.”

Noun

A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.

Noun

Something given in reply.

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 3, 2026 (#1871).

See the full page for that puzzle: August 3, 2026 (#1871).

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

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How REPLY performs as a guess

REPLY 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,206 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__L_ R in the 1st position and L 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 REPLY.

First-turn measures

All four describe REPLY 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.

4.83 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How REPLY 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% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#4,206 Rank among openers
Opening with REPLY solved every answer in the snapshot within 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 #4,206 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
R E P L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REPLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

REPLY can come back 104 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

325 answers
244 answers
226 answers
217 answers
162 answers
130 answers
110 answers
66 answers
53 answers
42 answers
42 answers
40 answers
39 answers
39 answers
39 answers
39 answers
38 answers
38 answers
32 answers
26 answers
25 answers
24 answers
23 answers
22 answers
22 answers
20 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
11 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1P3L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Try next

SAINT COAST ORATE SAUNT OLATE SATIN

Strategy after playing REPLY

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REPLY:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
SAINT 6.27 bits
10.3% →
SAINT 5.65 bits
9.5% →
COAST 5.54 bits
9.1% →
ORATE 4.51 bits
6.8% →
COAST 5.19 bits
5.5% →
SAUNT 4.72 bits
4.6% →
OLATE 4.40 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.60 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 4.88 bits
1.8% →
SAINT 4.20 bits

Research on REPLY

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

Optimal play

Opening with REPLY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,696 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.83 guesses at best and is rank #2,255 of the 7,453 openers that can still 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 second syllable Say it RIHPLY.

Rhymes with APPLY IMPLY THIGH DECRY RETRY

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, REPLY is a kind of statement or act.

Synonyms answer response respond

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
REPLY sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 32 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 A2); among the first words English learners study.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sound (4.5 of 5).

In a sentence

Have you had a reply?
© tatoeba.org contributor sundown (CC BY 2.0 FR)
And what was your reply?
© tatoeba.org contributor sundown (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; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).