5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MOLDY

Yes, MOLDY was the Wordle answer on July 1, 2025 (Wordle #1473).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊldi/

Adjective

Covered with mold.

Adjective

Stale or musty.

Alternative forms: mouldy

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 1, 2025 (#1473).

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

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How MOLDY performs as a guess

MOLDY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.7% of games, misses completely in 28.3%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,122 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.

M___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__D_ M in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAISE TRONE SAINT DRAIN CRUET
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOLDY 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,122 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOLDY ranks #7,122 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
14
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
31%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOLDY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

668
286
203
140
122
111
77
58
40
37
35
35
32
29
28
28
27
27
24
20
20
17
17
17
16
16
13
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOLDY:

28% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.3% →
TARSE 6.43 bits
12.1% →
RAISE 5.34 bits
8.6% →
TRONE 5.35 bits
5.9% →
SAINT 4.87 bits
5.2% →
DRAIN 5.37 bits
4.7% →
CRUET 4.93 bits
3.3% →
SPAER 5.22 bits
2.5% →
SLATE 4.14 bits
1.7% →
SETAE 4.58 bits
1.6% →
WRATE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1L1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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