5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHEWY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃuː.i/

Adjective

Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

“I must have spent an hour gnawing on the chewy taffy.”

Adjective

Prone to chewing.

Noun

Alternative form of chewie (“chewing gum”).

Noun

A type of soft and sticky cookie.

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 CHEWY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHEWY 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 295 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,959 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__W_ C in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL SAULT SLANT STAIR ROAST
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
295 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHEWY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,959 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHEWY ranks #10,959 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
23
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
534
213
91
89
73
71
58
50
48
42
38
38
37
36
24
22
20
20
19
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHEWY:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
22.6% →
TRAIL 6.10 bits
9.0% →
SAULT 4.79 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 5.08 bits
3.8% →
STAIR 5.13 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.94 bits
3.0% →
SORAL 4.68 bits
2.5% →
RANCE 4.45 bits
2.1% →
PEART 4.17 bits
2.0% →
SONAR 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4E1W4Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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