5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WHYDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of whydah.

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 WHYDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHYDA 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 337 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,331 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___A W in the 1st position and A in the 5th position W__D_ W in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLANE TOILE DINER ROUTE TARSE
Words starting with W Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
337 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHYDA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,331 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHYDA ranks #12,331 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
337
6 guesses
14
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
16%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

686
481
171
138
112
89
76
70
57
56
52
32
26
25
24
19
16
15
14
13
13
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10
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHYDA:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
20% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
TOISE 6.06 bits
20.4% →
SLANE 5.48 bits
7.3% →
TOILE 4.61 bits
5.9% →
DINER 5.41 bits
4.7% →
ROUTE 5.18 bits
3.8% →
TARSE 4.48 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
STIRE 5.17 bits
2.4% →
MOIRE 4.41 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4Y4D2A1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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