- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words with D, O and W in the middle
Our Wordle guess list has 7 five-letter words with D, O and W inside the middle three positions. Use this list when other clues place these letters somewhere in those positions.
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This list has 7 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: DOWDY (May 13, 2026); HOWDY (October 9, 2022); ROWDY (August 19, 2025).
AARGH does not fit this page's clues. DOWDS keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (2 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; AARGH tests the family more efficiently.
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 7 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- D most often the 4th letter (86% of these words), also 1st (29%), 2nd (14%).
- O most often the 2nd letter (86% of these words), also 3rd (14%).
- W most often the 3rd letter (86% of these words), also 4th (14%).
Word notes
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DOWDY
Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
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Past Wordle answer: May 13, 2026.
HOWDY
To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
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Past Wordle answer: October 9, 2022.
ROWDY
Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
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Past Wordle answer: August 19, 2025.
ADOWN
Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
DOWDS
plural of dowd
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
GOWDS
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
NOWDS
plural of nowd
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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