- Average remaining
- 1.2
- Worst branch
- 2
- Information
- 3.12 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with D, W and Y
Our Wordle guess list has 28 five-letter words containing D, W and Y, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
28 matching words
Refine these results in Word Finder →- BAWDY past answer possible answer
- DOWDY past answer possible answer
- DOWNY possible answer
- DOWRY past answer possible answer
- HOWDY past answer possible answer
- ROWDY past answer possible answer
- WEEDY past answer possible answer
- WINDY past answer possible answer
- WOODY possible answer
- WORDY past answer possible answer
- BEWDY Wordle guess
- DEAWY Wordle guess
- DOWLY Wordle guess
- DWAMY Wordle guess
- RAWDY Wordle guess
- WADDY Wordle guess
- WAYED Wordle guess
- WEDGY Wordle guess
- WHYDA Wordle guess
- WIDDY Wordle guess
- WOADY Wordle guess
- WODGY Wordle guess
- WUDDY Wordle guess
- WYLED Wordle guess
- WYNDS Wordle guess
- WYTED Wordle guess
- YAWED Wordle guess
- YOWED Wordle guess
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This list has 28 Wordle guesses; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: BAWDY (October 28, 2024); DOWDY (May 13, 2026); DOWRY (October 13, 2021); HOWDY (October 9, 2022); ROWDY (August 19, 2025); WEEDY (April 27, 2025); WINDY (July 6, 2023); WORDY (August 24, 2023).
DOWER does not fit this page's clues. ROWDY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Tight family:
DOW_Y
DOWDY, DOWNY, DOWRY differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DOWER 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 28 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- D most often the 4th letter (57% of these words), also 1st (21%), 3rd (18%), 5th (18%).
- W most often the 1st letter (54% of these words), also 3rd (39%), 2nd (4%), 4th (4%).
- Y most often the 5th letter (75% of these words), also 2nd (11%), 1st (7%), 3rd (7%).
What the labels mean
Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.