5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CARDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of cardie.

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 CARDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CARDY 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,778 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

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

TOILE TOISE SLATE SPILE LEAST STILE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CARDY 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,778 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CARDY ranks #2,778 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
15
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
253
231
139
119
105
100
93
66
53
53
42
39
39
37
33
31
28
25
22
21
20
19
18
17
17
17
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CARDY:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TOILE 6.18 bits
10.7% →
TOISE 5.50 bits
9.8% →
SLATE 5.78 bits
5.9% →
SPILE 4.52 bits
5.0% →
LEAST 4.84 bits
4.5% →
STILE 4.74 bits
4.2% →
TOISE 5.09 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
TOUSE 5.04 bits
2.2% →
DRIER 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1R1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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