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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

RETRY

Yes, RETRY was the Wordle answer on October 25, 2023 (Wordle #858).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /riˈtɹaɪ//ˈriːtɹaɪ/

Verb

To try or attempt again.

“to retry connecting to the Internet after an error”

Verb

To try judicially a second time.

“to retry a case”

Noun

Another attempt.

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 25, 2023 (#858).

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

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How RETRY performs as a guess

RETRY 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,592 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__R_ R in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE SAINT SAICE SADLY ARSON
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RETRY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,592 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RETRY ranks #10,592 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
756
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
288
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
F I C U S
R E T R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RETRY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
323
194
189
180
165
121
79
69
45
42
35
33
30
30
25
23
22
21
20
19
17
17
16
15
14
14
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RETRY:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SLAIN 6.15 bits
13.7% →
SLANE 5.43 bits
8.2% →
SAINT 5.47 bits
8.0% →
SAICE 4.53 bits
7.6% →
SADLY 4.27 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 4.80 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 5.05 bits
3.4% →
LIANE 4.46 bits
2.9% →
TRAIT 4.50 bits
1.9% →
COAST 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1T1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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