5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _O_DY

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Showing 26 matching words

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Possible answers

DOWDY GOODY HOWDY MOLDY MOODY ROWDY TOADY TODDY WOODY WORDY

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 26 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DOWDY (May 13, 2026); GOODY (February 10, 2025); HOWDY (October 9, 2022); MOLDY (July 1, 2025); ROWDY (August 19, 2025); TOADY (April 18, 2026); TODDY (July 6, 2026); WORDY (August 24, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter WHORT
Average remaining
1.4
Worst branch
2
Information
2.92 bits

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

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WHORT does not fit this page's clues. WOODY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.4 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _OWDY

DOWDY, HOWDY, ROWDY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; WHORT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_DY?

All 26 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

W 23% R 15% A 15% L 12% T 12% G 8%

Words with five different letters

46% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HOWDY MOLDY ROWDY TOADY WORDY

Common letter pairs

DY 25% OD 12% OO 7% DD 6% OA 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 54% · two: 46% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_DY?
26 five-letter words match _O_DY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ROADY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.97 bits against the possible answers.

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