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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SORRY

Yes, SORRY was the Wordle answer on March 29, 2025 (Wordle #1379).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɒɹi//ˈsɑɹi//ˈsoɹi/

Adjective

Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

“I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.”

Adjective

Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

“I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.”

Interjection

Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

“Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.”

Interjection

Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors.

“Oops! Sorry!”

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: March 29, 2025 (#1379).

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

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How SORRY performs as a guess

SORRY 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,407 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE NAICE LEANT ALINE CLINE THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SORRY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,407 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SORRY ranks #9,407 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
269
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
45%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D U C H Y
A G L O W
S O R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SORRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
278
187
152
152
105
98
87
47
47
45
43
37
32
32
28
27
25
22
21
21
20
19
18
17
16
16
15
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SORRY:

24% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
NAICE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
LIANE 6.21 bits
11.8% →
NAICE 5.19 bits
7.9% →
LEANT 5.42 bits
6.4% →
LIANE 4.52 bits
6.4% →
ALINE 5.39 bits
4.5% →
CLINE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
THALE 5.25 bits
3.7% →
TENOR 3.79 bits
2.0% →
THALE 4.80 bits
2.0% →
PALET 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1R1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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