WRING
WRING is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.
As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ɹɪŋ//ˈɹɪŋɡ/
- Verb
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Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
“I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.”
- Verb
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Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
“Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.”
- Noun
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A powerful squeezing or twisting action.
“I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.”
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Followed by down: the product of wringing, such as cider or wine.
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Wordle status
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Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
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How WRING performs as a guess
WRING 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,815 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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First-turn measures
As an opener: v5 benchmark
How WRING 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches WRING in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:
Quick reference
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Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for WRING; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
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