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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

SOLAR

Yes, SOLAR was the Wordle answer on January 16, 2022 (Wordle #211).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.lə//ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.

“solar light”

Adjective

Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.

Noun

Ellipsis of solar energy.

Noun

A fictional currency used in science fiction.

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: January 16, 2022 (#211).

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

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How SOLAR performs as a guess

SOLAR 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 89.9% of games, misses completely in 10.1%, and leaves about 85 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,167 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

S___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TINGE CADET TRICE DRICE CLINE PLANE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
85 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOLAR 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,167 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOLAR ranks #1,167 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
14
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:
ALORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
42%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B A L M Y
P O L A R
S O L A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SOLAR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

238
168
151
121
118
99
89
82
67
64
55
54
49
47
39
39
36
35
34
34
33
32
30
28
28
27
24
24
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOLAR:

10% chance
Suggested:
TINGE
7% chance
Suggested:
CADET
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.1% →
TINGE 5.86 bits
7.1% →
CADET 5.02 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 5.29 bits
5.1% →
DRICE 4.62 bits
5.0% →
CLINE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
PLANE 4.39 bits
3.8% →
CONTE 4.15 bits
3.5% →
TRINE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.07 bits
2.7% →
OPINE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1L1A1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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