5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _E_DY

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Possible answers

BEADY HEADY NEEDY NERDY READY REEDY SEEDY TEDDY WEEDY

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This pattern has 18 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BEADY (June 25, 2022); HEADY (February 10, 2023); NEEDY (August 24, 2022); NERDY (July 18, 2024); READY (November 8, 2024); SEEDY (August 18, 2021); TEDDY (March 11, 2026); WEEDY (April 27, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter ABERS
Average remaining
1.22
Worst branch
2
Information
2.95 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use REEDY instead.

ABERS does not fit this page's clues. REEDY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.33 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _EEDY

NEEDY, REEDY, SEEDY, WEEDY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABERS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_DY?

All 18 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

N 28% R 28% A 22% B 17% H 11% W 11%

Words with five different letters

50% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEADY HEADY NERDY READY BENDY

Common letter pairs

DY 25% ED 12% EE 8% EA 6% AD 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 44% · two: 56% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_DY?
18 five-letter words match _E_DY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, READY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.14 bits against the possible answers.
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