5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WORMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.

Adjective

Infested with worms.

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 WORMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WORMY 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,983 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__M_ W in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE IRATE SLANT SAINT TRADE SINCE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WORMY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,983 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WORMY ranks #8,983 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
17
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
34%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
347
171
168
108
98
79
66
39
38
35
34
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WORMY:

28% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
SLANE 6.34 bits
14.7% →
IRATE 5.31 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
7.1% →
SAINT 4.84 bits
4.6% →
TRADE 4.39 bits
4.2% →
SINCE 4.67 bits
3.4% →
SAINE 5.19 bits
2.8% →
SAUTE 5.10 bits
1.7% →
STOLE 3.60 bits
1.6% →
STAGE 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1R1M3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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