5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FOODY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Eatable; fit for food or consumption.

Adjective

Food-bearing; fertile; fruitful.

Noun

Alternative form of foodie.

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 FOODY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOODY 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 56.5% of games, misses completely in 43.5%, and leaves about 504 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,465 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.

F___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLART ARIEL CRUET MANOR STARE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.46 Entropy (bits)
504 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOODY 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,465 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOODY ranks #13,465 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
659
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
359
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
38%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1025
198
167
142
133
131
72
46
36
32
29
29
28
23
22
20
20
18
14
13
13
13
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOODY:

43% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.5% →
TARSE 6.29 bits
8.4% →
SLART 4.85 bits
7.1% →
ARIEL 5.52 bits
6.0% →
CRUET 4.87 bits
5.6% →
MANOR 5.28 bits
5.6% →
STARE 4.84 bits
3.1% →
RAILE 5.07 bits
2.0% →
STIRE 4.90 bits
1.5% →
SLANE 4.54 bits
1.4% →
SHULE 3.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1O1D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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