5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DOWNY

DOWNY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊni/

Adjective

Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

“The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.”

Adjective

Low-spirited; down in the mouth.

Noun

A blanket filled with down; a duvet.

Noun

A bed.

“to do the downy (i.e. lie in bed)”

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

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 DOWNY performs as a guess

DOWNY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.8% of games, misses completely in 33.2%, and leaves about 330 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,802 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SATER TIARE SLART CARSE ARIEL
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
330 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOWNY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,802 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOWNY ranks #6,802 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
34%
All gray
33%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DOWNY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

784
214
177
176
128
117
89
73
53
37
35
30
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25
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24
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOWNY:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.2% →
SLATE 6.37 bits
9.1% →
SATER 5.27 bits
7.5% →
TIARE 5.36 bits
7.5% →
SLART 4.90 bits
5.4% →
CARSE 4.93 bits
5.0% →
ARIEL 5.45 bits
3.8% →
SAULT 4.87 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
2.2% →
TARSE 4.54 bits
1.6% →
STOLE 3.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1W4N1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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