5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WINGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who has an amputated arm or arms.

Noun

One who has a wing position.

Adjective

Winged, or as if winged; inclined to fly.

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 WINGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WINGY 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 64.3% of games, misses completely in 35.7%, and leaves about 372 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,914 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE CRATE SLART SOARE ARGUE ROATE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
372 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WINGY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,914 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WINGY ranks #8,914 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
15
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)
64%
Green tile
30%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

841
252
198
180
83
83
79
59
49
33
32
32
31
31
23
23
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
12
11
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WINGY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.7% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
10.7% →
CRATE 5.42 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.00 bits
7.6% →
SOARE 5.50 bits
3.5% →
ARGUE 5.33 bits
3.5% →
ROATE 4.61 bits
3.4% →
REAST 4.71 bits
2.5% →
SOREL 5.03 bits
2.1% →
CARTE 4.55 bits
1.4% →
ALURE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1N1G2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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