5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KIDDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdi/[ˈkʰɪɾi][ˈkʰɘɾiː]

Noun

A small kid (young goat).

Noun

Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”).

Adjective

Childish.

Verb

To kid; to hoax or tease.

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 KIDDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIDDY 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 55.8% of games, misses completely in 44.2%, and leaves about 543 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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.

K___Y K in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position K__D_ K in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STANE AROSE BRANE RONTE CARLE
Words starting with K Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.17 Entropy (bits)
543 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIDDY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIDDY ranks #14,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
577
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
424
6 guesses
38

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
27%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1043
308
209
126
126
114
52
39
32
31
29
26
24
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIDDY:

44% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
STANE
9% chance
Suggested:
AROSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.2% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
13.1% →
STANE 5.42 bits
8.9% →
AROSE 4.79 bits
5.3% →
BRANE 5.28 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.84 bits
4.8% →
CARLE 5.20 bits
2.2% →
TALER 4.54 bits
1.7% →
LAYER 4.75 bits
1.4% →
CRUSE 3.94 bits
1.3% →
RANEE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1D2D2Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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