5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BODGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Fake; phony.

Adjective

Sloppy or makeshift; bodged.

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 BODGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BODGY 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 63.3% of games, misses completely in 36.7%, and leaves about 383 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,059 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__G_ B in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE CRATE SLART CARET TIARE RAILE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
383 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BODGY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,059 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BODGY ranks #8,059 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
11
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:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
34%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

865
233
181
141
127
117
76
46
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36
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BODGY:

37% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.7% →
SLATE 6.30 bits
9.9% →
CRATE 5.34 bits
7.7% →
SLART 4.91 bits
6.0% →
CARET 4.92 bits
5.4% →
TIARE 5.44 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
3.2% →
SLATE 5.20 bits
2.0% →
ALURE 4.85 bits
1.7% →
SIREN 4.19 bits
1.7% →
CRINE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1D2G2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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