5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

BUSHY

BUSHY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊʃi//ˈbɵʃɪj//ˈbʉʃe/

Adjective

Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.

“the bushy tail of a squirrel”

Adjective

Growing thickly.

“bushy eyebrows”

Noun

Alternative form of bushie.

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

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 BUSHY performs as a guess

BUSHY 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 345 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,406 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__H_ B in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER COATE TRONE LIANE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
345 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUSHY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,406 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUSHY ranks #10,406 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
19
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
29%
All gray
33%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BUSHY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

785
290
192
157
134
88
83
69
60
49
39
33
31
27
22
20
18
18
17
16
14
12
12
11
11
11
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUSHY:

33% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
ARIEL 6.19 bits
12.3% →
TIARE 5.59 bits
8.1% →
TALER 4.88 bits
6.7% →
COATE 5.74 bits
5.7% →
TRONE 5.35 bits
3.7% →
LIANE 5.27 bits
3.5% →
STRAE 4.76 bits
2.9% →
TARGE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.43 bits
2.1% →
MAIRE 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1S1H4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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