5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NODDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnɒdi//ˈnɑdi/[-ɾi]

Noun

Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genus Anous found in tropical seas, especially the brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus).

Noun

Synonym of fellatio.

Adjective

Foolish, silly, stupid.

Verb

Synonym of noddify (“to make (someone) into a noddy (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), to make a fool of”)

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 NODDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NODDY 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 63.5% of games, misses completely in 36.5%, and leaves about 402 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,892 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE RAISE SATER SLART CARSE ARIEL
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.61 Entropy (bits)
402 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NODDY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,892 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NODDY ranks #11,892 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
703
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
29%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

860
268
230
185
142
108
88
41
33
32
32
29
29
26
24
22
16
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7
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NODDY:

36% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.5% →
SLATE 6.38 bits
11.4% →
RAISE 5.52 bits
9.7% →
SATER 5.24 bits
7.8% →
SLART 4.90 bits
6.0% →
CARSE 4.88 bits
4.6% →
ARIEL 5.44 bits
3.7% →
ARISE 4.63 bits
1.7% →
STOLE 3.56 bits
1.4% →
SAINT 4.09 bits
1.4% →
DROOL 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1O1D2D2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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