5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UPDRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To dry up.

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 UPDRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UPDRY 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,131 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

U___Y U in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position U__R_ U in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _P__Y P in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE STOAE SLATE SALET ANILE TORSE
Words starting with U Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UPDRY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UPDRY ranks #6,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
364
175
139
97
88
77
73
64
62
36
35
33
31
31
29
29
27
24
20
16
15
15
13
12
12
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UPDRY:

28% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
SLANE 6.33 bits
15.4% →
STOAE 5.32 bits
7.4% →
SLATE 5.29 bits
5.9% →
SALET 4.91 bits
4.1% →
SLATE 5.48 bits
3.7% →
ANILE 5.52 bits
3.3% →
TORSE 4.93 bits
3.1% →
STANE 4.99 bits
2.7% →
PAISE 4.74 bits
2.6% →
DAINE 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1P3D2R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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