5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DERBY

DERBY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː.bi//ˈdäː.bi//ˈdɝ.bi/

Noun

Any of several annual horse races.

Noun

Any organized race.

“a donkey derby”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 DERBY performs as a guess

DERBY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,101 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__B_ D in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT STAIR COAST SAULT SCALE ALOUD
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DERBY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,101 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DERBY ranks #5,101 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
D E C R Y
D E R B Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DERBY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
348
209
194
160
70
58
57
57
53
42
35
34
31
31
26
26
25
24
21
20
20
19
18
18
17
16
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DERBY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
SLANT 6.14 bits
14.8% →
SLANT 5.84 bits
8.9% →
STAIR 4.56 bits
8.2% →
COAST 5.40 bits
6.8% →
SAULT 4.85 bits
3.0% →
SCALE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.89 bits
2.4% →
ALOUD 4.76 bits
2.4% →
ALINE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1R1B3Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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