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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

WEARY

Yes, WEARY was the Wordle answer on December 24, 2021 (Wordle #188).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪə̯ɹi//ˈwɪːɹɪj//ˈwɪɹi/

Adjective

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

“A weary traveller knocked at the door.”

Adjective

Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.

“soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.”

Verb

To make or to become weary.

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: December 24, 2021 (#188).

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

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How WEARY performs as a guess

WEARY 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,731 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

W___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__R_ W 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

COUNT STILE TOISE TALON SIDLE GROUT
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEARY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,731 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEARY ranks #7,731 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
21
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
40%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L A N D
W E A R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WEARY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

308
251
179
172
134
133
117
90
75
69
66
58
51
49
40
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24
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEARY:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
COUNT 5.97 bits
10.6% →
STILE 5.49 bits
7.6% →
TOISE 4.49 bits
7.3% →
TALON 5.31 bits
5.7% →
SIDLE 4.17 bits
5.6% →
GROUT 4.95 bits
5.0% →
TABLE 4.43 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.70 bits
3.2% →
CAROL 4.59 bits
2.9% →
TUILE 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1A1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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