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BULLY

Yes, BULLY was the Wordle answer on August 8, 2023 (Wordle #780).

As an opener, it rules out about 79.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊli//ˈbɵlɪj//ˈbʉle/

Noun

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

“A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.”

Noun

A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

Verb

To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

“You shouldn't bully people for being weak.”

Verb

To act aggressively towards.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 8, 2023 (#780).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BULLY performs as a guess

BULLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 58.6% of games, misses completely in 41.4%, and leaves about 474 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,171 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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 _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SARED STONE SATER IRATE ROAST
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
474 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
79.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BULLY 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,171 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BULLY ranks #13,171 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
362
6 guesses
33
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
1 vowels
Common:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
34%
All gray
41%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B A D L Y
B U L L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BULLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

976
257
206
173
83
75
50
45
44
41
40
36
29
26
23
16
15
15
14
13
12
9
9
8
8
8
8
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BULLY:

41% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.4% →
TIARE 6.29 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.35 bits
8.7% →
SARED 4.99 bits
7.3% →
STONE 5.44 bits
3.5% →
SATER 4.82 bits
3.2% →
IRATE 5.31 bits
2.1% →
ROAST 4.65 bits
1.9% →
PAISE 4.71 bits
1.9% →
SCONE 3.79 bits
1.7% →
MARSE 3.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1L1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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