5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUDDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌdi/

Noun

A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.

Noun

A small cupboard or closet.

Alternative forms: cuddie, cudden, cuth

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 CUDDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUDDY 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 57.5% of games, misses completely in 42.5%, and leaves about 495 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,453 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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 _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALET STONE TIARE ARIEL HAOLE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.38 Entropy (bits)
495 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUDDY 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,453 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUDDY ranks #13,453 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
654
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
351
6 guesses
28
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
32%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1003
215
175
169
144
135
84
44
40
35
28
26
24
23
21
20
19
11
11
9
7
7
7
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6
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUDDY:

43% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.5% →
TARSE 6.34 bits
9.1% →
SALET 4.91 bits
7.4% →
STONE 5.25 bits
7.2% →
TIARE 5.41 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.55 bits
5.7% →
HAOLE 5.26 bits
3.6% →
TARGE 4.96 bits
1.9% →
SLART 3.16 bits
1.7% →
RAILE 4.68 bits
1.5% →
PALER 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1D2D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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