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JITTY

JITTY is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of gitty (“type of passageway”).

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Use JITTY in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 80.2% of possible answers.

Open Solver with JITTY Open Word Finder

Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How JITTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JITTY as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 60.6% of games, misses completely in 39.4%, and leaves about 474 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,414 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

J___Y J in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position J__T_ J in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in JITTY.

First-turn measures

All four describe JITTY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.29 Entropy (bits)
474 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.2% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How JITTY 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.75 Spread of game lengths
#14,414 Rank among openers
Opening with JITTY left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.75 means those games clustered within about 0.75 of a guess of the 3.94 average. It ranks #14,414 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
604
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
447
6 guesses
41

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
30%
All gray
39%

When JITTY is useful later

No standout example in the positions tested. All 108 sampled states were checked; JITTY was legal in 54.

Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds JITTY

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 311 after. This feedback leaves 311 candidates.

    All 311 surviving candidates

    BHOOT, BIGHT, BIGOT, BINIT, BIONT, BITCH, BITOU, BITTY, BLITZ, BLUNT, BOOTH, BOOTY, BOTCH, BOTHY, BOTTY, BOULT, BOUTU, BOXTY, BUFTY, BUILT, BUNDT, BUNTY, BUTCH, BUTOH, BUTTY, BUTUT, BUTYL, CHITI, CHOTT, CHOUT, CINCT, CLIFT, CLINT, CLIPT, CLOOT, CLOTH, CLOUT, COBOT, COMPT, CONTO, COOPT, COOTY, COTCH, COUNT, COUTH, CUBIT, CULTI, CULTY, CUNIT, CUTCH, CUTIN, CUTTO, CUTTY, CUTUP, CWTCH, CYTON, DHOTI, DHUTI, DICHT, DICOT, DICTO, DICTU, DICTY, DIGHT, DIGIT, DITCH, DITTO, DITTY, DITZY, DIVOT, DIXIT, DOCHT, DOILT, DONUT, DOTTY, DOUBT, DUCTI, DUTCH, FIFTH, FIFTY, FIGHT, FILTH, FITCH, FITLY, FIXIT, FLINT, FLITT, FLOUT, FLUTY, FLUYT, FOOTY, FOUNT, FOUTH, FOWTH, FULTH, FUTON, GIGOT, GITCH, GLIFT, GLINT, GLITZ, GLOUT, GOTCH, GOTHY, GOUTY, GUILT, GUTTY, GUYOT, HIGHT, HITCH, HOOTY, HOTCH, HOTLY, HOTTY, HOWTO, HUTCH, ICTIC, IDDUT, IDIOT, ILLTH, IMMIT, IMPOT, INCUT, INGOT, INNIT, INPUT, INTIL, INWIT, ITCHY, JIGOT, JITTY, JOINT, JOLTY, JONTY, JOTTY, JOTUN, JUNTO, JUTTY, KIGHT, KILTY, KITTY, KITUL, KLUTZ, KNOUT, KOTCH, KOTOW, KUTCH, LICHT, LICIT, LIGHT, LILTY, LIMIT, LINTY, LITHO, LOFTY, LOTIC, LOTTO, LOWTH, LYTIC, MICHT, MIFTY, MIGHT, MILTY, MILTZ, MINTY, MITCH, MOITY, MOLTO, MONTH, MONTY, MOOTH, MOTHY, MOTIF, MOTON, MOTTO, MOTTY, MOULT, MOUNT, MOUTH, MUFTI, MUKTI, MULCT, MUNTU, MUTCH, MUTIC, MUTON, MUTTI, MUTUM, MYTHI, MYTHY, NICHT, NIFTY, NIGHT, NINTH, NITID, NITON, NITTO, NITTY, NOINT, NOOIT, NOTCH, NOTUM, NOWTY, NUTTY, OBIIT, OCTIC, OCTLI, OCTYL, ONTIC, OOBIT, OOTID, OPTIC, OPZIT, OTHYL, OTIUM, OUBIT, OUCHT, OUGHT, OUTBY, OUTDO, OUTGO, PFFTT, PHOTO, PHOTY, PHPHT, PHUTU, PICOT, PIGHT, PILOT, PINOT, PINTO, PIPIT, PITCH, PITHY, PITON, PITOT, PITTU, PIVOT, PIYUT, PLOIT, PLOOT, PLOTZ, PLOUT, PLOWT, PLUOT, PLUTO, PLUTY, POINT, POKIT, PONTO, PONTY, POOTY, POTCH, POTIN, POTOO, POTTO, POTTY, POULT, POUPT, POUTY, POWLT, POYNT, PULUT, PUNTO, PUNTY, PUTID, PUTIN, PUTON, PUTTI, PUTTO, PUTTU, PUTTY, QUBIT, QUILT, QUINT, QUOIT, QUOTH, UBITY, UMPTY, UNCUT, UNFIT, UNGOT, UNITY, UNKUT, UNLIT, UNPOT, UNPUT, UNTIL, UNTIN, UNWIT, UPLIT, VOLTI, VOMIT, VUTTY, WHIFT, WHIPT, WHITY, WHOOT, WIDTH, WIFTY, WIGHT, WITCH, WITHY, WITTY, WOOTZ, YMOLT, YOUTH, ZITTY, ZIZIT, ZLOTY, ZOOTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test LITHO against the 311 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    311 before → 10 after. This feedback leaves 10 candidates.

    All 10 surviving candidates

    BITTY, DITTY, DITZY, JITTY, KITTY, NITID, NITTY, PITTU, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 10.185. Information: 4.295 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test BITTY against the 10 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    10 before → 6 after. This feedback leaves 6 candidates.

    All 6 surviving candidates

    DITTY, JITTY, KITTY, NITTY, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 3.27. Information: 1.371 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test KANES against the 6 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    6 before → 4 after. This feedback leaves 4 candidates.

    All 4 surviving candidates

    DITTY, JITTY, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.032. Information: 0.095 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test DITTY against the 4 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    4 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    JITTY, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 2.184. Information: 0.975 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Test WITTY against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    JITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.311. Information: 0.894 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

This policy did not solve within six guesses.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 311 after. This feedback leaves 311 candidates.

    All 311 surviving candidates

    BHOOT, BIGHT, BIGOT, BINIT, BIONT, BITCH, BITOU, BITTY, BLITZ, BLUNT, BOOTH, BOOTY, BOTCH, BOTHY, BOTTY, BOULT, BOUTU, BOXTY, BUFTY, BUILT, BUNDT, BUNTY, BUTCH, BUTOH, BUTTY, BUTUT, BUTYL, CHITI, CHOTT, CHOUT, CINCT, CLIFT, CLINT, CLIPT, CLOOT, CLOTH, CLOUT, COBOT, COMPT, CONTO, COOPT, COOTY, COTCH, COUNT, COUTH, CUBIT, CULTI, CULTY, CUNIT, CUTCH, CUTIN, CUTTO, CUTTY, CUTUP, CWTCH, CYTON, DHOTI, DHUTI, DICHT, DICOT, DICTO, DICTU, DICTY, DIGHT, DIGIT, DITCH, DITTO, DITTY, DITZY, DIVOT, DIXIT, DOCHT, DOILT, DONUT, DOTTY, DOUBT, DUCTI, DUTCH, FIFTH, FIFTY, FIGHT, FILTH, FITCH, FITLY, FIXIT, FLINT, FLITT, FLOUT, FLUTY, FLUYT, FOOTY, FOUNT, FOUTH, FOWTH, FULTH, FUTON, GIGOT, GITCH, GLIFT, GLINT, GLITZ, GLOUT, GOTCH, GOTHY, GOUTY, GUILT, GUTTY, GUYOT, HIGHT, HITCH, HOOTY, HOTCH, HOTLY, HOTTY, HOWTO, HUTCH, ICTIC, IDDUT, IDIOT, ILLTH, IMMIT, IMPOT, INCUT, INGOT, INNIT, INPUT, INTIL, INWIT, ITCHY, JIGOT, JITTY, JOINT, JOLTY, JONTY, JOTTY, JOTUN, JUNTO, JUTTY, KIGHT, KILTY, KITTY, KITUL, KLUTZ, KNOUT, KOTCH, KOTOW, KUTCH, LICHT, LICIT, LIGHT, LILTY, LIMIT, LINTY, LITHO, LOFTY, LOTIC, LOTTO, LOWTH, LYTIC, MICHT, MIFTY, MIGHT, MILTY, MILTZ, MINTY, MITCH, MOITY, MOLTO, MONTH, MONTY, MOOTH, MOTHY, MOTIF, MOTON, MOTTO, MOTTY, MOULT, MOUNT, MOUTH, MUFTI, MUKTI, MULCT, MUNTU, MUTCH, MUTIC, MUTON, MUTTI, MUTUM, MYTHI, MYTHY, NICHT, NIFTY, NIGHT, NINTH, NITID, NITON, NITTO, NITTY, NOINT, NOOIT, NOTCH, NOTUM, NOWTY, NUTTY, OBIIT, OCTIC, OCTLI, OCTYL, ONTIC, OOBIT, OOTID, OPTIC, OPZIT, OTHYL, OTIUM, OUBIT, OUCHT, OUGHT, OUTBY, OUTDO, OUTGO, PFFTT, PHOTO, PHOTY, PHPHT, PHUTU, PICOT, PIGHT, PILOT, PINOT, PINTO, PIPIT, PITCH, PITHY, PITON, PITOT, PITTU, PIVOT, PIYUT, PLOIT, PLOOT, PLOTZ, PLOUT, PLOWT, PLUOT, PLUTO, PLUTY, POINT, POKIT, PONTO, PONTY, POOTY, POTCH, POTIN, POTOO, POTTO, POTTY, POULT, POUPT, POUTY, POWLT, POYNT, PULUT, PUNTO, PUNTY, PUTID, PUTIN, PUTON, PUTTI, PUTTO, PUTTU, PUTTY, QUBIT, QUILT, QUINT, QUOIT, QUOTH, UBITY, UMPTY, UNCUT, UNFIT, UNGOT, UNITY, UNKUT, UNLIT, UNPOT, UNPUT, UNTIL, UNTIN, UNWIT, UPLIT, VOLTI, VOMIT, VUTTY, WHIFT, WHIPT, WHITY, WHOOT, WIDTH, WIFTY, WIGHT, WITCH, WITHY, WITTY, WOOTZ, YMOLT, YOUTH, ZITTY, ZIZIT, ZLOTY, ZOOTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test LITHO against the 311 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    311 before → 10 after. This feedback leaves 10 candidates.

    All 10 surviving candidates

    BITTY, DITTY, DITZY, JITTY, KITTY, NITID, NITTY, PITTU, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 10.185. Information: 4.295 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test BITTY against the 10 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    10 before → 6 after. This feedback leaves 6 candidates.

    All 6 surviving candidates

    DITTY, JITTY, KITTY, NITTY, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 3.27. Information: 1.371 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test KITTY against the 6 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    6 before → 5 after. This feedback leaves 5 candidates.

    All 5 surviving candidates

    DITTY, JITTY, NITTY, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.046. Information: 0.091 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test DITTY against the 5 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    5 before → 4 after. This feedback leaves 4 candidates.

    All 4 surviving candidates

    JITTY, NITTY, WITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 2.879. Information: 0.954 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Test WITTY against the 4 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    4 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    JITTY, NITTY, ZITTY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.806. Information: 0.973 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

This policy did not solve within six guesses.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE10000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)311Not solved in sixNot solved in six
CRANE00000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)1787Not solved in sixNot solved in six
SLATE00020 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)150Not solved in sixNot solved in six
ADIEU00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)83266
STARE01000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)399Not solved in sixNot solved in six
AUDIO00010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)138766
RAISE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)532Not solved in sixNot solved in six
ROATE00020 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)175Not solved in sixNot solved in six
SALET00001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)323Not solved in sixNot solved in six
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 0 · 6 guesses: 2 · Failed in six: 7
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 0 · 6 guesses: 2 · Failed in six: 7

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 6–6 guesses among successes; 14 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

5 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include JOIST, EEJIT, JILTS, JATIS, JITIS. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The answer contains 2 copies of T. Feedback allocates exact matches before misplaced copies; a grey duplicate does not erase another coloured copy.

The worked board still allows 10 different answers at one later decision: BITTY, DITTY, DITZY, JITTY, KITTY, NITID, NITTY, PITTU, WITTY, ZITTY. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: BITTY, DITTY, DITZY, JITTY, KITTY, NITID, NITTY, PITTU, WITTY, ZITTY.

A lesson from this route

Before BITTY, 10 words still fit. Its feedback left 6; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

JITTY can come back 58 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

942 answers
289 answers
271 answers
236 answers
109 answers
97 answers
57 answers
56 answers
39 answers
34 answers
28 answers
24 answers
22 answers
17 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
10 answers
9 answers
7 answers
7 answers
7 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers
5 answers
4 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1T1T1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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

Try next

SOARE CRANE SORAL RANCE SNARE CANER

Strategy after playing JITTY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to JITTY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JITTY:

39% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.4% →
SOARE 6.11 bits
12.1% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
11.3% →
SOARE 5.65 bits
9.9% →
SORAL 4.78 bits
4.6% →
RANCE 4.85 bits
4.1% →
SNARE 4.56 bits
2.4% →
CANER 4.48 bits
2.3% →
SOARE 4.82 bits
1.6% →
PALER 4.80 bits
1.4% →
SIDLE 3.23 bits

Research on JITTY

Game-tree analysis and word research for JITTY, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with JITTY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.94 guesses and ranks #14,348 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with JITTY can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.94, at or below the proven-optimal 3.94, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).