5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DORMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of dormie.

Noun

A dormitory.

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 DORMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DORMY 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,755 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__M_ D in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE TEASE SLANT SAINT TRONE ALINE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DORMY 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
0.69 Volatility
#3,755 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DORMY ranks #3,755 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
312
163
139
96
89
86
66
66
48
39
34
33
29
26
23
23
23
23
23
22
21
21
20
17
17
17
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DORMY:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
SLANE 6.38 bits
13.2% →
TEASE 5.40 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.38 bits
5.9% →
SAINT 4.88 bits
4.1% →
TRONE 4.40 bits
3.8% →
ALINE 5.40 bits
3.6% →
TUILE 4.63 bits
2.8% →
SAICE 5.20 bits
2.8% →
SAUTE 5.11 bits
2.0% →
CRIED 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1R1M3Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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