5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DOGGY

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒ.ɡi//ˈdɔ.ɡi//ˈdɑɡ.i/

Noun

A dog, especially a small one.

“That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!”

Noun

A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.

Adjective

Doggy style.

Adverb

Doggy style.

Alternative forms: doggie

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 DOGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOGGY 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 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 #12,966 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 ARIEL IRATE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
488 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOGGY 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
#12,966 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOGGY ranks #12,966 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
338
6 guesses
18
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%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

987
272
197
158
130
84
47
44
41
39
32
31
29
29
25
22
18
16
15
11
10
9
9
7
7
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOGGY:

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
5.5% →
ARIEL 5.46 bits
3.6% →
IRATE 5.24 bits
2.0% →
LEANT 4.74 bits
1.9% →
SABLE 3.60 bits
1.7% →
RAILE 4.47 bits
1.7% →
ARIEL 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1G2G2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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