5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WEDGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɛdʒ.i/

Adjective

Resembling a wedge, especially in shape

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 WEDGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WEDGY 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,703 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.

W___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__G_ W in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COAST STAIR SAULT REATE BOARD SAINT
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WEDGY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,703 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WEDGY ranks #11,703 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
10
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
507
190
129
93
89
80
60
41
32
30
29
28
24
24
23
22
21
20
18
18
15
14
13
13
13
11
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WEDGY:

28% chance
Suggested:
COAST
22% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
COAST 6.07 bits
21.5% →
STAIR 5.52 bits
8.1% →
SAULT 4.85 bits
5.5% →
REATE 4.73 bits
3.9% →
BOARD 4.83 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 5.17 bits
3.4% →
ARENE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
ARGUE 4.73 bits
1.7% →
TRAWL 4.52 bits
1.4% →
ROAST 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1D2G2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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