5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FUGGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 70.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfʌɡi/

Adjective

Muggy; stuffy; poorly ventilated.

Adjective

Dazed or lethargic.

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 FUGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUGGY 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 48.5% of games, misses completely in 51.5%, and leaves about 686 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,602 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE SARED STONE TRACE ALONE IRATE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.92 Entropy (bits)
686 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
70.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUGGY 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,602 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUGGY ranks #14,602 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
574
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
499
6 guesses
34

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
48%
Green tile
30%
All gray
52%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1216
246
202
100
95
82
49
44
44
41
40
19
17
17
16
14
9
8
8
8
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5
5
5
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUGGY:

52% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SARED
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

51.5% →
ROATE 6.06 bits
10.4% →
SARED 4.92 bits
8.6% →
STONE 5.29 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.78 bits
4.0% →
ALONE 5.31 bits
3.5% →
IRATE 5.37 bits
2.1% →
STIRE 4.89 bits
1.9% →
TONER 4.43 bits
1.9% →
SLART 3.28 bits
1.7% →
DAINE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1G2G2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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