- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching B_T_Y
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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: BATTY (July 18, 2021).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. BATTY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits B_T_Y?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter A, E, I, O, U
- 4th letter E, H, S, T
Meanings and answer history
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BATTY
Mad, crazy, silly.
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Past Wordle answer: July 18, 2021.
BITTY
Containing bits; fragmented.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BETTY
A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BITEY
Inclined to bite.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BITSY
Fragmented.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BOTHY
A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BOTTY
Bottom.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BUTTY
A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
“Let's have a bacon butty!”
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match B_T_Y?
- 8 five-letter words match B_T_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, BITEY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.82 bits against the possible answers.