5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

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.

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__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

Try next

TOISE SLATE LEAST CLOTE SLOPE TUILE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
207 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 opener: v5 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DARKY 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 (3.45 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

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
281
256
138
135
130
87
80
58
43
42
41
41
35
32
26
23
22
22
21
20
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19
18
18
18
18
15
10
10

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.

21.5% →
TOISE 6.17 bits
11.9% →
TOISE 5.48 bits
10.9% →
SLATE 5.75 bits
5.9% →
LEAST 4.83 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.68 bits
5.5% →
SLOPE 4.60 bits
3.7% →
TUILE 5.22 bits
3.4% →
TOUSE 5.13 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 4.82 bits
1.8% →
ALINE 4.56 bits

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.