5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DIRTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɜːti//ˈdɝti/[ˈdɝɾi]

Adjective

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

“Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.”

Adjective

That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

“Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.”

Adverb

In a dirty manner.

“to play dirty”

Verb

To make (something) dirty.

Alternative forms: dorty

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 DIRTY performs as a guess

DIRTY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,625 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__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE ALOSE SALET TREAT ANISE CAUSE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIRTY 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
0.70 Volatility
#2,625 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIRTY ranks #2,625 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
19
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:
IRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
34%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B E I G Y
D I R T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DIRTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

446
267
197
153
132
101
75
73
71
65
53
49
44
36
29
29
28
26
26
25
23
23
21
21
17
16
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIRTY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
SLANE 6.32 bits
11.3% →
ALOSE 5.20 bits
8.4% →
SALET 5.61 bits
6.5% →
SLANE 5.64 bits
5.6% →
ALOSE 4.88 bits
4.3% →
TREAT 4.57 bits
3.2% →
ANISE 4.40 bits
3.1% →
CAUSE 5.05 bits
3.0% →
SLANE 5.14 bits
2.8% →
CRANE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1R1T1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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