5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIGLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡ.li/

Adjective

Big league.

Adjective

Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.

Adverb

In a big way, greatly; to a great extent, on a large scale.

Adverb

Strongly, with great force.

Alternative forms: biglie, bygly

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 BIGLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIGLY 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE SARED ROATE RONTE SLATE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIGLY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIGLY ranks #5,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
34%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

728
244
240
173
97
84
66
60
57
44
38
35
33
30
29
25
24
21
21
20
20
18
15
15
14
14
13
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIGLY:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
10.3% →
SOARE 5.44 bits
10.2% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
7.3% →
SARED 5.07 bits
4.1% →
ROATE 5.33 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 4.52 bits
2.5% →
STADE 4.79 bits
2.4% →
ORATE 5.04 bits
1.9% →
ROATE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1G2L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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