5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

WINDY

Yes, WINDY was the Wordle answer on July 6, 2023 (Wordle #747).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪn.di//ˈwaɪndi/

Adjective

Accompanied by wind.

“It was a long and windy night.”

Adjective

Unsheltered and open to the wind.

“They shagged in a windy bus shelter.”

Noun

A fart.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 6, 2023 (#747).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How WINDY performs as a guess

WINDY 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 358 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,733 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__D_ W in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLATE SALEP URATE LEANT SALET
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
358 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WINDY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,733 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WINDY ranks #8,733 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
12
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:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
30%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
P O U N D
D I N G Y
W I N D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WINDY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

831
209
181
176
109
95
85
53
52
52
35
31
30
27
23
23
22
21
21
18
17
17
14
14
12
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WINDY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALEP

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
TARSE 6.43 bits
8.9% →
SLATE 5.40 bits
7.7% →
SALEP 4.94 bits
7.5% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
4.6% →
URATE 5.24 bits
4.0% →
LEANT 4.60 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.70 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.74 bits
2.2% →
TALER 4.59 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1N1D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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