5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLUDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Obsolete spelling of bloody.

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 BLUDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLUDY 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 347 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,027 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER IRATE STANE SHART SALLE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
347 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUDY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,027 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUDY ranks #8,027 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
35%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

816
231
158
144
130
111
83
65
49
35
35
34
33
30
24
22
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUDY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SATER
7% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
9.8% →
SATER 5.46 bits
6.7% →
TARSE 5.08 bits
6.1% →
IRATE 5.48 bits
5.5% →
SATER 5.31 bits
4.7% →
STANE 5.11 bits
3.5% →
SHART 5.03 bits
2.8% →
IRATE 5.17 bits
2.1% →
SALLE 4.26 bits
1.5% →
STIME 3.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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