Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

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

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

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

A powerful squeezing or twisting action.

“I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.”

Noun

Followed by down: the product of wringing, such as cider or wine.

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

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 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.

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.

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,815 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WRING ranks #4,815 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
INR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
G U M B O
W R I N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WRING in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

625
330
161
139
116
91
90
70
64
62
43
43
37
31
23
23
22
22
21
20
19
19
18
18
17
16
14
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WRING:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5%
SLATE 6.53 bits
14.0%
SALET 5.44 bits
6.8%
TILDE 5.08 bits
5.9%
CANOE 5.26 bits
4.9%
COATE 5.08 bits
3.9%
SLATE 5.09 bits
3.8%
ALOSE 5.09 bits
3.0%
STADE 4.70 bits
2.7%
SALET 4.37 bits
2.6%
ANTIC 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1I1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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