5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WUDDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 WUDDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WUDDY 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 50.5% of games, misses completely in 49.5%, and leaves about 641 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,487 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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 _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STONE SALET ARIEL TRACE SERAL
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.98 Entropy (bits)
641 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
2.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WUDDY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,487 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WUDDY ranks #14,487 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
570
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
463
6 guesses
27
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
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
27%
All gray
50%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1167
221
219
145
110
84
56
50
41
38
29
24
22
18
12
11
10
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WUDDY:

49% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.5% →
TIARE 6.18 bits
9.4% →
STONE 5.24 bits
9.3% →
SALET 4.92 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.49 bits
4.7% →
TRACE 4.68 bits
3.6% →
SERAL 5.09 bits
2.4% →
ORATE 4.95 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.16 bits
1.7% →
PALER 4.73 bits
1.6% →
RAILE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4U1D2D2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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