5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TARRY

TARRY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtæ.ɹi//ˈtɛɹ.i//ˈteɹ.i/

Verb

To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

Verb

To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.

Noun

A sojourn.

Adjective

Resembling tar.

Alternative forms: tarrow

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 TARRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TARRY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,381 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

T___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__R_ T in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLICE NOISE SIENT MOILE CRANE LEAST
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TARRY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,381 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TARRY ranks #7,381 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
250
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ART

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
40%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

456
239
219
194
152
97
97
95
51
49
46
44
42
40
36
35
31
27
27
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TARRY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SLICE 6.18 bits
10.1% →
SLICE 5.62 bits
9.3% →
NOISE 4.95 bits
8.2% →
SIENT 5.36 bits
6.4% →
MOILE 4.45 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 4.34 bits
4.1% →
LEAST 5.00 bits
4.0% →
CLINE 4.62 bits
2.2% →
SOUCE 4.66 bits
2.1% →
ROUET 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1A1R1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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