5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

GODLY

GODLY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdli//ˈɡɒdli/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a god

“her godly powers = her superhuman powers”

Adjective

Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.

Adverb

In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 GODLY performs as a guess

GODLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,136 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

G___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAISE SATER SAINT CRUET IRATE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GODLY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,136 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GODLY ranks #6,136 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
35%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
D O L L Y
G O D L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GODLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
256
207
143
121
109
76
68
57
40
37
36
32
31
30
28
24
23
23
22
19
17
17
16
12
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GODLY:

28% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
TARSE 6.44 bits
10.9% →
RAISE 5.45 bits
8.8% →
SATER 5.38 bits
6.1% →
SAINT 4.84 bits
5.1% →
CRUET 4.84 bits
4.6% →
IRATE 5.34 bits
3.2% →
SAINE 5.21 bits
2.9% →
STAKE 4.90 bits
2.4% →
CASTE 4.37 bits
1.7% →
TRAPE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1D2L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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