5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

WRIED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of wry

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 WRIED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WRIED 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,288 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___D W in the 1st position and D in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

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SAULT SLATE COAST SATIN TEASE SLANT
Words starting with W Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WRIED 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,288 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WRIED ranks #2,288 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
7

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
37%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
300
163
154
114
97
90
78
71
50
48
48
45
42
38
27
26
24
23
20
17
15
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WRIED:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
SAULT 5.95 bits
12.7% →
SLATE 5.85 bits
6.9% →
COAST 5.29 bits
6.5% →
SATIN 5.06 bits
4.8% →
TEASE 4.59 bits
4.1% →
SAULT 3.90 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.70 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.80 bits
2.1% →
LEANT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1I1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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