5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

REPLY

REPLY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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 REPLY performs as a guess

REPLY 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,206 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__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

Try next

SAINT COAST ORATE SAUNT OLATE SATIN
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,206 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REPLY 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 (3.45 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
P L I E R
R E P L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REPLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
242
226
216
160
129
108
64
53
42
42
40
39
39
39
38
38
38
32
26
24
24
23
22
21
20
17
16
16
11

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.

13.8% →
SAINT 6.27 bits
10.3% →
SAINT 5.65 bits
9.6% →
COAST 5.55 bits
9.2% →
ORATE 4.51 bits
6.8% →
COAST 5.20 bits
5.5% →
SAUNT 4.71 bits
4.6% →
OLATE 4.40 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.61 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 4.88 bits
1.8% →
SAINT 4.21 bits

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.