5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SODDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of soddie.

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 SODDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SODDY 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 67.4% of games, misses completely in 32.6%, and leaves about 336 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,815 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE LEANT TALER URATE CARTE ARIEL
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
336 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SODDY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,815 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SODDY ranks #11,815 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
284
6 guesses
24
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
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
42%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

768
232
229
164
143
136
120
61
39
36
36
34
33
31
28
27
23
22
17
15
14
14
9
9
8
8
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SODDY:

33% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.6% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
9.8% →
LEANT 5.34 bits
9.7% →
TALER 5.20 bits
7.0% →
RAILE 4.75 bits
6.1% →
URATE 5.33 bits
5.8% →
CARTE 4.91 bits
5.1% →
ARIEL 5.42 bits
2.6% →
PEART 3.89 bits
1.7% →
FLORE 3.57 bits
1.5% →
AINEE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1D2D2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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