5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOWLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 DOWLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOWLY 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 295 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,494 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position DO_LY D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, L in the 4th position, and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAISE SATER CRUET ARISE SAUTE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
295 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOWLY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOWLY ranks #8,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
274
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
32%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

704
276
222
155
125
104
73
69
58
40
32
32
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32
27
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOWLY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
TARSE 6.40 bits
11.7% →
RAISE 5.43 bits
9.4% →
SATER 5.37 bits
6.6% →
TARSE 4.85 bits
5.3% →
CRUET 4.92 bits
4.4% →
ARISE 5.38 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
2.9% →
SAUTE 4.79 bits
2.5% →
STOAE 4.31 bits
1.7% →
IRATE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1W4L1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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