5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

MOODY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːdi/

Adjective

Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.

Adjective

Sulky or depressed.

Alternative forms: moodie

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 MOODY performs as a guess

MOODY 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 57.8% of games, misses completely in 42.2%, and leaves about 475 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,562 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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

RAISE SLART ARIEL CRATE CRUET SANER
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.61 Entropy (bits)
475 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
79.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOODY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,562 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOODY ranks #12,562 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
725
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
37%
All gray
42%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOODY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

994
191
163
137
125
109
109
40
33
30
28
25
24
23
23
22
19
19
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9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOODY:

42% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.2% →
RAISE 6.16 bits
8.1% →
SLART 4.87 bits
6.9% →
ARIEL 5.49 bits
5.8% →
CRATE 4.91 bits
5.3% →
CRUET 4.95 bits
4.6% →
SANER 5.17 bits
4.6% →
PRASE 5.40 bits
1.7% →
NAICE 4.65 bits
1.4% →
BALER 3.36 bits
1.3% →
SLANE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1O1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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