5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

BIDDY

BIDDY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 77.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪdi/

Noun

A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.

Noun

An attractive girl.

Adjective

Alternative spelling of bitty (“very small”).

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 BIDDY performs as a guess

BIDDY 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 56.5% of games, misses completely in 43.5%, and leaves about 523 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,806 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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 _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STANE SERAL RONTE ARENE OLATE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.33 Entropy (bits)
523 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
77.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIDDY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,806 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIDDY ranks #13,806 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
653
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
383
6 guesses
37
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:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
32%
All gray
44%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BIDDY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1025
306
207
113
110
92
53
48
34
34
30
24
23
23
18
17
17
16
14
14
12
10
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIDDY:

43% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
STANE
9% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.5% →
TARSE 6.35 bits
13.0% →
STANE 5.43 bits
8.8% →
SERAL 4.89 bits
4.8% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
4.7% →
ARENE 5.18 bits
3.9% →
OLATE 5.22 bits
2.2% →
ALURE 5.07 bits
2.0% →
TALER 4.60 bits
1.4% →
PALER 4.62 bits
1.4% →
SLIPE 3.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1D2D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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