5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

DODGY

Yes, DODGY was the Wordle answer on December 15, 2025 (Wordle #1640).

As an opener, it rules out about 79.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒd͡ʒ.i/

Adjective

Evasive and shifty.

“Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.”

Adjective

Unsound and unreliable.

“Never listen to dodgy advice.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 15, 2025 (#1640).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DODGY performs as a guess

DODGY 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 58.1% of games, misses completely in 41.9%, and leaves about 488 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,884 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__G_ D in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TARSE SLART CARET RAILE ARIEL
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.44 Entropy (bits)
488 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
79.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DODGY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,884 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DODGY ranks #12,884 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
668
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
338
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
32%
All gray
42%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
D O D G Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DODGY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

987
272
197
158
126
100
44
44
39
31
30
29
28
23
19
19
18
17
15
11
11
11
10
9
8
7
7
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DODGY:

42% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.9% →
SLATE 6.31 bits
11.5% →
TARSE 5.26 bits
8.4% →
SLART 4.84 bits
6.7% →
CARET 4.94 bits
5.3% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.24 bits
1.9% →
SABLE 3.60 bits
1.9% →
LEANT 4.72 bits
1.7% →
TRONE 4.15 bits
1.3% →
CARLE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1D2G2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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