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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BADLY

Yes, BADLY was the Wordle answer on November 12, 2021 (Wordle #146).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbæd.li/

Adverb

In a bad manner.

“Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.”

Adverb

Very much; to a great degree.

“I want it so badly.”

Adjective

Ill, unwell.

“He's never badly.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 12, 2021 (#146).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BADLY performs as a guess

BADLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,198 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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TOISE STARE SINCE REACT CONTE POISE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BADLY 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
0.70 Volatility
#5,198 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BADLY ranks #5,198 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
37%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
D I M L Y
B A D L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BADLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
259
163
134
131
126
106
49
49
45
44
41
31
29
28
28
27
26
25
21
20
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12
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BADLY:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SINCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
TOISE 6.23 bits
11.0% →
STARE 5.64 bits
6.9% →
SINCE 5.07 bits
5.7% →
REACT 4.65 bits
5.6% →
CONTE 4.84 bits
5.3% →
POISE 4.71 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 5.46 bits
2.1% →
TRINE 4.61 bits
2.1% →
RONTE 4.97 bits
1.9% →
SHUTE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1D2L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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