5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

REEDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.di/

Adjective

Full of, or edged with, reeds.

Adjective

High and thin in tone.

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 REEDY performs as a guess

REEDY 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,590 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST TOISE SAULT ALOUD SHALT
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REEDY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,590 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REEDY ranks #8,590 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
35%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P L I E R
R E B U S
R E E D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches REEDY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
290
270
186
180
75
55
51
47
45
36
32
31
29
25
24
24
22
22
21
20
19
19
19
17
17
17
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REEDY:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SLANT 6.12 bits
12.3% →
SLANT 5.57 bits
11.5% →
COAST 5.57 bits
7.9% →
TOISE 4.54 bits
7.6% →
SAULT 4.78 bits
3.2% →
ALOUD 4.87 bits
2.3% →
SHALT 4.48 bits
2.2% →
SHALT 4.92 bits
2.0% →
DRAIN 4.43 bits
1.9% →
SORAL 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1E1D2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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