5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NEDDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɛdi/

Noun

A donkey or ass.

Noun

A horse, especially a racehorse.

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 NEDDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEDDY 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,326 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

N___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__D_ N in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR COAST SAULT RAISE REATE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEDDY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,326 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEDDY ranks #13,326 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
645
4 guesses
1,304
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

595
519
228
190
123
118
81
47
38
37
31
30
27
23
21
19
18
16
14
14
14
13
10
9
9
8
8
8
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEDDY:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
22% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
22.0% →
STAIR 5.47 bits
9.7% →
COAST 5.27 bits
8.1% →
SAULT 4.77 bits
5.2% →
RAISE 4.70 bits
5.0% →
REATE 4.73 bits
3.4% →
ALOUD 4.89 bits
2.0% →
BREAD 4.38 bits
1.6% →
SAINT 4.24 bits
1.6% →
SARGE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1D2D2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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