5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

WOOZY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 70.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwuːzi/

Adjective

Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented.

“I got off the rollercoaster feeling a bit woozy.”

Adjective

Intoxicated by drink or drugs.

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 WOOZY performs as a guess

WOOZY 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 48.3% of games, misses completely in 51.7%, and leaves about 694 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,730 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.02 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__Z_ W in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SLART CRUET CRATE LATER SLIER
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.84 Entropy (bits)
694 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
70.6% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOOZY 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.

4.02 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,730 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOOZY ranks #14,730 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
517
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
554
6 guesses
37
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)
48%
Green tile
36%
All gray
52%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
B O O Z Y
W O O Z Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WOOZY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1219
260
159
150
148
59
48
45
41
30
18
18
12
11
11
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
6
6
6
6
5
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOOZY:

52% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
CRUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

51.7% →
RAILE 6.11 bits
11.0% →
SLART 4.76 bits
6.7% →
CRUET 4.98 bits
6.4% →
CRATE 4.96 bits
6.3% →
LATER 5.26 bits
2.5% →
SLIER 4.82 bits
2.0% →
TRICE 4.91 bits
1.9% →
FALSE 3.61 bits
1.7% →
PARLE 4.69 bits
1.3% →
SLOOP 3.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1O1Z10Y4
Total: 20 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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