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WORRY

Yes, WORRY was the Wordle answer on January 27, 2023 (Wordle #587).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwʌ.ɹi/[ˈwʌɹɪj]/ˈwɝ.i/

Verb

To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

Verb

Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.

“Your tone of voice worries me.”

Noun

A strong feeling of anxiety.

“I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.”

Noun

An instance or cause of such a feeling.

“My main worry is that I'll miss the train.”

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: January 27, 2023 (#587).

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

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How WORRY performs as a guess

WORRY 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 67.2% of games, misses completely in 32.8%, and leaves about 345 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,200 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAICE SAULT SLATE CLINE PRATE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
345 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WORRY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,200 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WORRY ranks #12,200 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
335
6 guesses
22
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
36%
All gray
33%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D U C H Y
A G L O W
W O R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WORRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

773
304
200
200
126
86
71
65
47
37
34
30
29
24
22
22
20
17
15
15
13
13
12
11
11
10
9
8
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WORRY:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.8% →
SLANE 6.32 bits
12.9% →
SAICE 5.18 bits
8.5% →
SAULT 4.77 bits
8.5% →
SLATE 5.20 bits
5.3% →
CLINE 4.75 bits
3.6% →
PRATE 3.95 bits
3.0% →
SAICE 5.01 bits
2.8% →
SPATE 4.95 bits
2.0% →
STOLE 3.58 bits
1.6% →
SALET 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1R1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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