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CANDY

Yes, CANDY was the Wordle answer on November 20, 2023 (Wordle #884).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.di/

Noun

Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.

Noun

Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.

Verb

To cook in or coat with sugar syrup.

Verb

To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup.

“Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.”

Alternative forms: kandi, candee, candie, candil

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: November 20, 2023 (#884).

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

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How CANDY performs as a guess

CANDY 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,622 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__D_ C in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE ALERT TOISE SLOPE STOLE URITE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CANDY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#3,622 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CANDY ranks #3,622 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
165
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:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
37%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
C A D D Y
C A N D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CANDY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
279
164
140
114
108
96
74
72
55
51
42
40
39
36
33
31
22
21
21
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CANDY:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
TORSE 6.34 bits
11.8% →
ALERT 5.65 bits
7.0% →
TOISE 5.48 bits
5.9% →
SLOPE 4.54 bits
4.8% →
STOLE 4.65 bits
4.6% →
URITE 5.15 bits
4.1% →
TOILE 5.00 bits
3.1% →
PROLE 4.89 bits
3.1% →
GRISE 4.76 bits
2.3% →
TREAD 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1N1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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