5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

DARKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark-skinned person”).

Noun

Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark lantern”).

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.

Try your feedback pattern

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

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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__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe DARKY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.44 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DARKY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#7,375 Rank among openers
Opening with DARKY left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

DARKY can come back 85 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

512 answers
282 answers
258 answers
139 answers
136 answers
132 answers
88 answers
80 answers
59 answers
43 answers
42 answers
41 answers
41 answers
35 answers
32 answers
26 answers
23 answers
22 answers
22 answers
22 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
18 answers
18 answers
15 answers
10 answers
10 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1R1K5Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Try next

TOISE SLATE LEAST CLOTE STOLE TUILE

Strategy after playing DARKY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DARKY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DARKY:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
TOISE 6.17 bits
11.9% →
TOISE 5.47 bits
10.9% →
SLATE 5.75 bits
5.9% →
LEAST 4.85 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.69 bits
5.6% →
STOLE 4.60 bits
3.7% →
TUILE 5.22 bits
3.4% →
TOUSE 5.13 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 4.86 bits
1.8% →
ALINE 4.56 bits