5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

USURY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjuːʒəɹi/

Noun

An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.

Noun

The practice of lending money at such rates.

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 USURY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts USURY 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,637 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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

Try next

ALONE NAICE STALE TOILE STOAE CLOTE
Words starting with U Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How USURY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,637 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, USURY ranks #13,637 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
676
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
372
6 guesses
43

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

623
428
295
170
99
86
72
60
54
46
42
41
39
33
32
27
26
25
18
15
14
13
8
7
7
7
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing USURY:

26% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
18% chance
Suggested:
NAICE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
ALONE 6.15 bits
18.1% →
NAICE 5.31 bits
12.5% →
STALE 5.70 bits
7.2% →
ALONE 4.62 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 4.87 bits
3.6% →
STOAE 4.67 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
ATONE 4.83 bits
2.3% →
SAINT 4.23 bits
1.9% →
CARER 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1S1U1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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