5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WUSSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwʊsi/

Adjective

Weak or timid.

Noun

A wuss; a person who refuses to perform a particular task due to an unreasonable fear.

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 WUSSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WUSSY 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 57.7% of games, misses completely in 42.3%, and leaves about 493 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,078 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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__S_ W in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL PLATE TALER TRONE LATER ROATE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.36 Entropy (bits)
493 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WUSSY 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,078 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WUSSY ranks #14,078 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
409
6 guesses
34

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
32%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

997
240
213
175
103
79
60
60
54
43
42
33
32
32
25
17
15
12
11
11
10
10
10
8
6
5
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WUSSY:

42% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.3% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
10.2% →
PLATE 5.44 bits
9.0% →
TALER 4.90 bits
7.4% →
TRONE 5.45 bits
4.4% →
LATER 4.75 bits
3.3% →
ROATE 5.03 bits
2.5% →
STUNK 4.16 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.74 bits
2.3% →
RAINE 4.84 bits
1.8% →
MARLE 2.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4U1S1S1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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