5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DIVEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪvi/

Adjective

Having the character of a dive, a disreputable bar or nightclub.

“That new restaurant is kind of divey.”

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 DIVEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIVEY 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,974 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SLANT SOLAR STIRE SONAR
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIVEY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,974 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIVEY ranks #9,974 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
776
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
37%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

521
393
217
172
170
95
56
54
48
43
42
33
31
30
29
26
25
24
24
22
22
20
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17
15
11
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIVEY:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
16.7% →
SLART 5.88 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.56 bits
7.3% →
SOLAR 4.82 bits
7.2% →
ROAST 4.60 bits
4.0% →
STIRE 4.37 bits
2.4% →
ROAST 4.25 bits
2.3% →
SONAR 4.62 bits
2.0% →
LEARE 4.36 bits
1.8% →
URASE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1V4E1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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