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NEEDY

Yes, NEEDY was the Wordle answer on August 24, 2022 (Wordle #431).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈniːdi/

Adjective

In need; poor.

“Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.”

Adjective

Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.

“It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.”

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: August 24, 2022 (#431).

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

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How NEEDY performs as a guess

NEEDY 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,918 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

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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 ALOUD
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEEDY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,918 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEEDY ranks #10,918 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
26
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:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
33%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
B E N C H
N E E D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches NEEDY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

594
392
228
190
97
95
71
66
49
43
38
38
32
27
27
24
24
24
23
21
18
15
14
14
13
13
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEEDY:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% 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
16.6% →
STAIR 5.41 bits
9.7% →
COAST 5.27 bits
8.1% →
SAULT 4.77 bits
4.1% →
RAISE 4.70 bits
4.0% →
ALOUD 5.00 bits
3.0% →
SLART 5.01 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.99 bits
2.1% →
RAILE 4.41 bits
1.8% →
SILER 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1E1D2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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