Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

DRAPY

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

No dictionary definition for DRAPY is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use DRAPY in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How DRAPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DRAPY 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,231 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe DRAPY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.74 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DRAPY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#2,231 Rank among openers
Opening with DRAPY left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.62 average. It ranks #2,231 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
39%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

DRAPY can come back 104 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

480 answers
249 answers
236 answers
132 answers
116 answers
111 answers
89 answers
87 answers
82 answers
49 answers
43 answers
38 answers
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27 answers
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12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1A1P3Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing DRAPY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DRAPY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRAPY:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TOILE 6.17 bits
10.4% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
9.9% →
TOISE 5.41 bits
5.5% →
STILE 5.23 bits
4.9% →
STOLE 4.61 bits
4.7% →
TALER 4.74 bits
3.7% →
STILE 5.21 bits
3.6% →
CONTE 4.83 bits
3.4% →
TUILE 5.18 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 3.65 bits

Research on DRAPY

Game-tree analysis and word research for DRAPY, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DRAPY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.67 guesses and ranks #2,668 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DRAPY can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.62, at or below the proven-optimal 3.67, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).