5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GURDY

GURDY 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: /ˈɡɝː.di/

Noun

A manual crank used on fishing lines

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 GURDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GURDY 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,653 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__D_ G 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

SLATE STOAE SALET SLANT LEANT DIANE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GURDY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,653 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GURDY ranks #6,653 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
30%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
372
155
127
101
82
78
78
57
54
35
32
31
26
25
25
24
21
20
19
16
16
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15
14
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10
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GURDY:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
SLATE 6.41 bits
15.8% →
STOAE 5.45 bits
6.6% →
SALET 4.95 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
4.3% →
LEANT 5.14 bits
3.5% →
DIANE 4.77 bits
3.3% →
CASTE 5.04 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 5.20 bits
2.4% →
MAILE 4.45 bits
2.3% →
CRUET 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1R1D2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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