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

DOPEY

Yes, DOPEY was the Wordle answer on March 23, 2025 (Wordle #1373).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊpi/

Adjective

Stupid, silly.

Alternative forms: dopy

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: March 23, 2025 (#1373).

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

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How DOPEY performs as a guess

DOPEY 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,769 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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

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

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOPEY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,769 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOPEY ranks #3,769 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
12
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%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
D O P E Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DOPEY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
379
187
159
137
97
76
70
64
56
46
38
38
35
32
32
28
27
25
24
20
19
19
19
17
17
16
14
14
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOPEY:

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

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SLANT 6.12 bits
16.1% →
SLART 5.83 bits
7.9% →
ARSON 5.22 bits
6.7% →
STAIR 4.73 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 4.84 bits
4.1% →
SHART 4.61 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 5.19 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.29 bits
2.7% →
CARSE 4.93 bits
2.4% →
ANILE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1P3E1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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