5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SHADY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪdi/

Adjective

Abounding in shades.

Adjective

Causing shade.

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 SHADY performs as a guess

SHADY 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,083 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.

S___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TALER TRINE DINER MOILE TRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHADY 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
#5,083 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHADY ranks #5,083 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
11
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
43%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S W A S H
S H A D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHADY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
312
158
140
130
115
101
96
56
55
51
49
40
35
32
28
25
24
23
21
20
19
16
16
15
14
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHADY:

21% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
RIONE 6.00 bits
13.2% →
TALER 5.52 bits
6.7% →
TRINE 5.20 bits
5.9% →
DINER 5.46 bits
5.5% →
MOILE 4.48 bits
4.9% →
TRICE 4.85 bits
4.3% →
RUOTE 5.46 bits
4.1% →
CONTE 5.02 bits
2.4% →
TALER 4.00 bits
2.3% →
AIDER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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