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

TOIDY

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

No dictionary definition for TOIDY 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 TOIDY in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% 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 TOIDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOIDY 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,871 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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 TOIDY 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.

4.75 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How TOIDY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#3,871 Rank among openers
Opening with TOIDY left 3 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 3.65 average. It ranks #3,871 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
40%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

TOIDY can come back 95 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

507 answers
201 answers
184 answers
141 answers
128 answers
121 answers
102 answers
79 answers
68 answers
61 answers
50 answers
44 answers
43 answers
42 answers
34 answers
32 answers
32 answers
28 answers
28 answers
25 answers
24 answers
23 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1I1D2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing TOIDY

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOIDY:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
CARSE 6.23 bits
8.4% →
SALET 5.61 bits
7.7% →
CRANE 5.43 bits
5.9% →
SANER 5.26 bits
5.4% →
MARSE 4.79 bits
5.1% →
SLANE 5.04 bits
4.3% →
CARSE 4.61 bits
3.3% →
ARENE 4.98 bits
2.9% →
SLART 4.39 bits
2.6% →
SIENT 4.30 bits

Research on TOIDY

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

Optimal play

Opening with TOIDY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #4,702 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 TOIDY can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.65, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, 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).