5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

PUDGY

PUDGY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌd͡ʒi/

Adjective

Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.

“The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.”

Alternative forms: pudsy

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

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 PUDGY performs as a guess

PUDGY 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 430 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,104 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TALER SLART ARIEL TRONE STALE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
430 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUDGY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,104 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUDGY ranks #8,104 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
12
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
30%
All gray
40%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L I N G
B U G G Y
P U D G Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PUDGY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

941
168
155
149
126
117
80
75
48
37
35
33
31
29
25
23
22
21
16
16
15
12
11
10
10
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUDGY:

40% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
TARSE 6.31 bits
7.1% →
TALER 4.85 bits
6.6% →
SLART 5.24 bits
6.3% →
ARIEL 5.57 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
5.0% →
STALE 5.28 bits
3.4% →
SAINE 5.10 bits
3.2% →
REACT 4.80 bits
2.0% →
RAILE 4.43 bits
1.6% →
RAILE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1D2G2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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