Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SCODY

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

No dictionary definition for SCODY is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use SCODY in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SCODY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCODY 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,367 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe SCODY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.39 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SCODY 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#6,367 Rank among openers
Opening with SCODY left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.69 average. It ranks #6,367 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
38%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

SCODY can come back 80 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

563 answers
212 answers
202 answers
193 answers
149 answers
143 answers
122 answers
85 answers
59 answers
47 answers
45 answers
38 answers
35 answers
30 answers
24 answers
24 answers
23 answers
23 answers
23 answers
22 answers
21 answers
18 answers
17 answers
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15 answers
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14 answers
10 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing SCODY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SCODY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCODY:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
8.9% →
RAILE 5.48 bits
8.5% →
LEANT 5.37 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 5.43 bits
6.2% →
RAILE 4.81 bits
6.0% →
ARIEL 5.47 bits
5.1% →
URATE 5.45 bits
3.6% →
GRATE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
CARNE 4.63 bits
2.0% →
MORNE 4.29 bits

Research on SCODY

Game-tree analysis and word research for SCODY, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SCODY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #6,696 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SCODY can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.69, at or below the proven-optimal 3.73, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).