5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DARCY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of porous mediums such as sand.

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 DARCY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DARCY 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,474 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__C_ D in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SPILE LEAST STILE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DARCY 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,474 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DARCY ranks #2,474 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
253
231
139
119
105
78
78
75
66
47
44
42
39
37
34
27
26
25
25
23
23
21
21
20
17
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DARCY:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TOILE 6.19 bits
10.7% →
TOISE 5.50 bits
9.8% →
SLATE 5.78 bits
5.9% →
SPILE 4.52 bits
5.0% →
LEAST 4.84 bits
4.5% →
STILE 4.74 bits
3.3% →
CLONE 5.12 bits
3.3% →
TUILE 4.98 bits
3.2% →
TUILE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
TOUSE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1R1C3Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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