5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _E_RY

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Possible answers

BERRY DECRY FERRY LEERY MERRY RETRY TEARY WEARY

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This pattern has 24 words in the Wordle guess list; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DECRY (December 28, 2024); FERRY (December 27, 2021); LEERY (September 7, 2022); MERRY (October 2, 2023); RETRY (October 25, 2023); TEARY (March 6, 2024); WEARY (December 24, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter AFRET
Average remaining
1.5
Worst branch
2
Information
2.5 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use DERRY instead.

AFRET does not fit this page's clues. DERRY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.5 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _ERRY

BERRY, FERRY, MERRY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AFRET tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_RY?

All 24 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

D 17% A 17% T 12% B 8% F 8% L 8%

Words with five different letters

25% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DECRY TEARY WEARY DEARY HENRY

Common letter pairs

RY 25% ER 16% RR 11% EE 4% EA 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 67% · two: 33% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_RY?
24 five-letter words match _E_RY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TEARY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.54 bits against the possible answers.
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