5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WRYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of wry: more wry

Alternative forms: wrier

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 WRYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WRYER 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,741 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___R W in the 1st position and R in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT SAULT COAST REAST LEANT
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WRYER 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,741 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WRYER ranks #12,741 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
338
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

570
426
220
138
115
105
103
96
81
43
42
41
30
21
20
18
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WRYER:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
SAINT 6.12 bits
18.1% →
SLANT 5.65 bits
9.3% →
SAULT 4.79 bits
5.9% →
COAST 5.37 bits
4.9% →
SAINT 4.56 bits
4.5% →
REAST 4.71 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.75 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 3.80 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.24 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4R1Y4E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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