5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

RANDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹændi/

Adjective

Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

“If you're feeling randy, give me a call and I'll come round and give you some hot lovin'.”

Adjective

Rude or coarse in manner.

Noun

An impudent beggar.

Noun

A boisterous, coarse, loose woman.

Alternative forms: randie, ranty

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 RANDY performs as a guess

RANDY 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,791 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

R___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__D_ R in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE TRACE SLOPE STILE TUILE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RANDY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,791 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RANDY ranks #1,791 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
162
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
R A D A R
R A N D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RANDY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
281
224
134
134
117
94
74
67
51
51
50
47
37
34
32
32
31
28
27
21
21
20
17
15
15
14
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RANDY:

16% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
TOISE 6.13 bits
11.9% →
TOISE 5.72 bits
9.5% →
SLATE 5.79 bits
5.7% →
TOISE 5.46 bits
5.7% →
TRACE 4.87 bits
5.0% →
SLOPE 4.56 bits
4.0% →
STILE 4.69 bits
3.1% →
TUILE 5.21 bits
2.8% →
SLICE 4.81 bits
2.2% →
SPICE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1N1D2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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