5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOODY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To sulk or mope.

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 BOODY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOODY 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 57.3% of games, misses completely in 42.7%, and leaves about 488 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,915 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SLART ARIEL CRUET CRATE CANER
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
488 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOODY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,915 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOODY ranks #12,915 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
357
6 guesses
28
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
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
40%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1008
205
160
139
133
114
89
46
33
32
27
27
25
24
20
20
19
15
15
13
13
12
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10
9
9
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOODY:

43% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.7% →
RAISE 6.14 bits
8.7% →
SLART 4.85 bits
6.8% →
ARIEL 5.50 bits
5.9% →
CRUET 4.93 bits
5.6% →
CRATE 4.94 bits
4.8% →
CANER 5.26 bits
3.8% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
2.0% →
ALURE 4.85 bits
1.4% →
FALSE 3.68 bits
1.4% →
SLANE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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