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TEARY

Yes, TEARY was the Wordle answer on March 6, 2024 (Wordle #991).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪəɹi//ˈtɪɹi//ˈtɪɚi/

Adjective

Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.

“No wonder Ryan was teary; he missed his parents.”

Adjective

Of eyes, filled with tears.

“Wade looked into his girlfriend's teary eyes.”

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 6, 2024 (#991).

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

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How TEARY performs as a guess

TEARY 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 91.3% of games, misses completely in 8.7%, and leaves about 86 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,763 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SONIC SIDLE POISE CANAL HOIST PRONG
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
86 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 TEARY 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,763 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TEARY ranks #1,763 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,102
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
19
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
42%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
H E A R T
T E A R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TEARY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

204
198
158
123
112
111
97
88
72
68
64
56
54
50
49
40
37
34
33
31
25
23
23
23
20
20
19
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TEARY:

9% chance
Suggested:
SONIC
8% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE
7% chance
Suggested:
POISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.7% →
SONIC 5.66 bits
8.4% →
SIDLE 5.35 bits
6.7% →
POISE 4.56 bits
5.2% →
SIDLE 4.16 bits
4.7% →
CANAL 5.20 bits
4.7% →
HOIST 5.15 bits
4.1% →
PRONG 4.41 bits
3.7% →
ANGLE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
CLASP 4.59 bits
2.9% →
SLICE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1E1A1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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