5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DORTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɹti/

Adjective

Dirty; unclean.

“Ees claes were dorty.”

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 DORTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DORTY 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,533 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAICE SALET SPALE TREAT ALINE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DORTY 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,533 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DORTY ranks #1,533 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
990
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
245
211
128
121
96
81
80
66
56
50
46
42
36
36
35
33
29
24
23
23
23
19
18
18
17
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DORTY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SLANE 6.37 bits
10.4% →
SAICE 5.36 bits
8.9% →
SALET 5.63 bits
5.4% →
SLANE 5.27 bits
5.1% →
SPALE 4.66 bits
4.1% →
TREAT 4.63 bits
3.4% →
ALINE 5.38 bits
3.4% →
CRANE 4.38 bits
2.8% →
CLINE 4.56 bits
2.4% →
SAUCE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1R1T1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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