5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PODGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒd͡ʒi//ˈpɑd͡ʒi/

Adjective

Slightly fat.

Adjective

Stodgy.

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 PODGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PODGY 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,337 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__G_ P in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE CARTE SLART CARET ARIEL RAILE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PODGY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,337 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PODGY ranks #6,337 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
7
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
33%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

807
224
154
140
128
118
110
70
42
41
39
36
31
29
29
24
22
21
21
17
15
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13
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12
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PODGY:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
SLATE 6.33 bits
9.5% →
CARTE 5.38 bits
6.5% →
SLART 4.87 bits
5.9% →
CARET 4.94 bits
5.4% →
ARIEL 5.41 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
4.7% →
SATER 5.42 bits
3.0% →
LIANE 5.13 bits
1.8% →
SERAL 4.21 bits
1.7% →
CRINE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1D2G2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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