5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DAMPY

DAMPY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdæmpi/

Adjective

Somewhat damp.

Adjective

Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.

“Dispel dampy thoughts.”

Alternative forms: dampie

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How DAMPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAMPY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,396 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___Y D in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position D__P_ D in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE CLOTE SILER SIREN URINE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAMPY performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,396 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAMPY ranks #6,396 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
13
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
32%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
355
144
132
126
112
78
54
51
50
47
42
29
27
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24
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAMPY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

29.4% →
TOISE 6.14 bits
15.1% →
SLATE 5.58 bits
6.1% →
CLOTE 4.84 bits
5.6% →
SILER 4.58 bits
5.3% →
SIREN 5.53 bits
4.7% →
URINE 5.36 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
2.3% →
IRONE 4.66 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.93 bits
2.1% →
SLANE 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for DAMPY; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

D2A1M3P3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.