5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WODGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

bulky, solid

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 WODGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WODGY 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 61.8% of games, misses completely in 38.2%, and leaves about 413 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,531 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TARSE SLART CARSE ARIEL RAILE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
413 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WODGY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,531 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WODGY ranks #9,531 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
4
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:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
31%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

901
247
186
140
137
119
48
42
40
40
38
33
30
29
27
21
18
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11
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9
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8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WODGY:

38% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.2% →
SLATE 6.30 bits
10.5% →
TARSE 5.29 bits
7.9% →
SLART 4.86 bits
5.9% →
CARSE 4.88 bits
5.8% →
ARIEL 5.37 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
2.0% →
SLIER 4.86 bits
1.8% →
BRISE 4.07 bits
1.7% →
SERAL 4.23 bits
1.7% →
SABLE 3.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1D2G2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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