5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOGEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of dogie.

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 DOGEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOGEY 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,998 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ARSON STAIR SAINT SHART SLANT
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOGEY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,998 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOGEY ranks #5,998 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
9
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
40%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

432
380
182
175
153
97
80
52
52
49
46
40
38
37
35
32
26
24
24
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
15
15
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOGEY:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
SLART 6.11 bits
16.1% →
SLART 5.93 bits
7.7% →
ARSON 5.11 bits
7.4% →
STAIR 4.70 bits
6.5% →
SAINT 4.89 bits
4.1% →
SHART 4.64 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.25 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.92 bits
2.2% →
LARGE 4.31 bits
2.1% →
ALINE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1G2E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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