5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BADDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of baddie.

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 BADDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BADDY 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 64.1% of games, misses completely in 35.9%, and leaves about 419 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,315 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

B___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE RONTE SILER TRINE TOILE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.54 Entropy (bits)
419 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BADDY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,315 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BADDY ranks #13,315 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
651
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
354
6 guesses
23
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
34%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

846
421
177
171
116
80
54
52
39
36
31
27
27
25
22
19
18
18
14
12
11
10
9
8
8
7
7
7
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BADDY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.9% →
TOISE 6.13 bits
17.9% →
SLATE 5.57 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
7.3% →
SILER 4.60 bits
4.9% →
TRINE 5.25 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 5.08 bits
2.3% →
SLART 3.46 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.51 bits
1.7% →
SLART 4.29 bits
1.5% →
ROUTE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1D2D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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