5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SURLY

Yes, SURLY was the Wordle answer on March 14, 2023 (Wordle #633).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːli//ˈsɝli/

Adjective

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Adjective

Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

“The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.”

Adverb

In an arrogant or supercilious manner.

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 14, 2023 (#633).

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

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How SURLY performs as a guess

SURLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,638 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CANOE IRATE THANE ATONE COATE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SURLY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,638 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SURLY ranks #3,638 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
27

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S U R L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SURLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
352
228
130
115
76
70
60
59
55
52
50
42
40
40
35
34
32
32
28
27
26
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22
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15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SURLY:

15% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
CANOE 6.17 bits
14.9% →
IRATE 5.25 bits
9.7% →
CANOE 5.36 bits
5.5% →
THANE 5.20 bits
4.9% →
ATONE 4.59 bits
3.2% →
COATE 5.02 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
COATE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
BLAER 4.46 bits
2.3% →
THANE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1R1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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