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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

DOWDY

Yes, DOWDY was the Wordle answer on May 13, 2026 (Wordle #1789).

As an opener, it rules out about 76.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊdi/

Adjective

Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.

Adjective

Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.

Noun

A plain or shabby person.

Verb

To press the crust into the filling during baking, to allow the juices to caramelize on top.

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: May 13, 2026 (#1789).

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

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How DOWDY performs as a guess

DOWDY 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 55.5% of games, misses completely in 44.5%, and leaves about 545 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,118 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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__D_ D in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SATER SLART CRUET ARIEL TARSE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.22 Entropy (bits)
545 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
76.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOWDY 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOWDY ranks #14,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
618
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
435
6 guesses
23
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)
56%
Green tile
29%
All gray
44%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
D O D G Y
D O W D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DOWDY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1049
287
212
162
118
90
45
43
36
31
28
24
23
20
18
16
15
10
9
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOWDY:

44% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
12% chance
Suggested:
SATER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.5% →
RAISE 6.15 bits
12.2% →
SATER 5.28 bits
9.0% →
SLART 4.79 bits
6.9% →
CRUET 4.88 bits
5.0% →
ARIEL 5.36 bits
3.8% →
TARSE 5.49 bits
1.9% →
SABLE 3.63 bits
1.8% →
IRATE 4.76 bits
1.5% →
PARLE 4.57 bits
1.3% →
CRANE 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1W4D2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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