5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BILGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪld͡ʒi/

Adjective

Containing, or resembling, bilge.

Alternative forms: bilgey

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 BILGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BILGY 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 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__G_ B in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE COATE SARED GRATE RONTE SLATE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BILGY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BILGY ranks #6,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
9
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
33%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

728
262
240
173
85
84
73
57
44
42
37
35
32
30
29
27
25
22
21
21
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12
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BILGY:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
COATE
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
11.1% →
COATE 5.41 bits
10.2% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
7.3% →
SARED 5.07 bits
3.6% →
GRATE 5.28 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.51 bits
2.4% →
ORATE 5.04 bits
1.9% →
ROATE 4.80 bits
1.8% →
RANSE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1L1G2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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