5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PURDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɜɹ.di/

Adjective

Pronunciation spelling of pretty.

“Yes sirree, you're the purdiest li'l thing I ever did see.”

Alternative forms: purty

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 PURDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PURDY 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 277 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,767 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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 _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE STOAE SALET SLANT ANILE DIANE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
277 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PURDY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,767 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PURDY ranks #4,767 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
18
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:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
31%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
360
139
123
100
83
81
77
67
53
47
37
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PURDY:

28% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
6% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
SLANE 6.33 bits
15.3% →
STOAE 5.42 bits
5.9% →
SALET 4.91 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 5.48 bits
4.2% →
ANILE 5.41 bits
3.5% →
DIANE 4.88 bits
3.4% →
SPALE 5.26 bits
3.3% →
COATE 4.93 bits
2.8% →
CASTE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
TRUCE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1R1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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