5 FiveLetterWords
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WOODY

WOODY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 77.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdi/

Adjective

Covered in woods; wooded.

Adjective

Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.

Noun

Alternative form of woodie.

Noun

A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.

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

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 WOODY performs as a guess

WOODY 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 55.5% of games, misses completely in 44.5%, and leaves about 525 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,653 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SLART ARIEL CRUET MANOR STARE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.43 Entropy (bits)
525 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
77.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOODY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,653 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOODY ranks #13,653 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
650
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
400
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
37%
All gray
44%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
A G L O W
W O O D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WOODY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1049
212
166
135
130
128
51
43
37
36
29
26
26
24
23
19
18
15
15
12
12
10
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOODY:

44% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.5% →
RAISE 6.15 bits
9.0% →
SLART 4.79 bits
7.0% →
ARIEL 5.43 bits
5.7% →
CRUET 4.98 bits
5.5% →
MANOR 5.22 bits
5.4% →
STARE 4.91 bits
2.2% →
SANER 4.87 bits
1.8% →
CRATE 4.85 bits
1.6% →
FALSE 3.61 bits
1.5% →
PARLE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1O1D2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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