5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PODDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.

Adjective

Fat, corpulent.

Noun

An unbranded calf.

Noun

A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).

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 PODDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PODDY 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 59.5% of games, misses completely in 40.5%, and leaves about 459 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

P___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__D_ P 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 SANER SLART CRUET ARIEL STARE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
459 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PODDY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PODDY ranks #12,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
688
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
331
6 guesses
25
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
1 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
33%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

954
267
176
162
121
117
72
44
37
35
33
29
24
24
24
24
20
19
18
17
12
12
9
8
8
6
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PODDY:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SANER
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.5% →
RAISE 6.16 bits
11.3% →
SANER 5.23 bits
7.5% →
SLART 4.83 bits
6.9% →
CRUET 4.86 bits
5.1% →
ARIEL 5.37 bits
5.0% →
STARE 5.60 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 5.16 bits
1.9% →
BLORE 3.46 bits
1.6% →
AINEE 4.50 bits
1.5% →
CRINE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1D2D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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