5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DISHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃ.i/

Adjective

Attractive; good-looking; sexy.

Adjective

Tending to relay information and gossip.

Noun

A dishwasher (someone who washes dishes).

Alternative forms: dishie

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 DISHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DISHY 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,334 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__H_ D in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER PEART CRANE MARLE COATE ARENE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DISHY 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
0.68 Volatility
#7,334 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DISHY ranks #7,334 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
211
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
27%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
270
214
160
147
106
85
78
75
49
46
31
31
30
27
23
22
20
19
18
16
15
15
15
14
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11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DISHY:

27% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
11% chance
Suggested:
PEART
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
ALTER 6.14 bits
11.5% →
PEART 5.67 bits
9.1% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
6.8% →
MARLE 4.95 bits
6.2% →
COATE 5.65 bits
4.5% →
ARENE 5.37 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 4.80 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.56 bits
3.2% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
2.1% →
LATER 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1S1H4Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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