5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DERNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː(ɹ)ni/

Noun

A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.

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 DERNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DERNY 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,894 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SLATE SAULT SATIN ANILE SHALT
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DERNY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,894 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DERNY ranks #2,894 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
37%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
286
200
177
143
108
75
73
62
58
50
46
39
34
33
32
25
25
25
24
24
23
23
23
17
17
17
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DERNY:

15% chance
Suggested:
COAST
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
COAST 6.03 bits
12.1% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
8.5% →
COAST 4.71 bits
7.5% →
COAST 5.49 bits
6.1% →
SAULT 4.78 bits
4.6% →
SATIN 5.24 bits
3.2% →
ANILE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
SAULT 4.88 bits
2.6% →
SHALT 4.94 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1R1N1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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