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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DROOP

Yes, DROOP was the Wordle answer on July 17, 2023 (Wordle #758).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹuːp/[ˈdɹʊu̯p]

Verb

To hang downward; to sag.

Verb

To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

Noun

Something which is limp or sagging.

Noun

A condition or posture of drooping.

“He walked with a discouraged droop.”

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: July 17, 2023 (#758).

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

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How DROOP performs as a guess

DROOP 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 68.5% of games, misses completely in 31.5%, and leaves about 311 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,629 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__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__P R in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET LEANT SLANE CASTE LIANE
Words starting with D Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
311 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROOP 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
0.67 Volatility
#6,629 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROOP ranks #6,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
28%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
D R O O L
D R O O P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DROOP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

743
295
149
134
121
112
84
81
46
43
39
35
31
29
27
27
24
23
20
20
20
19
16
15
13
12
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROOP:

32% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.5% →
SLATE 6.35 bits
12.5% →
SALET 5.48 bits
6.3% →
LEANT 4.94 bits
5.7% →
SLANE 5.55 bits
5.1% →
CASTE 5.04 bits
4.7% →
LIANE 5.36 bits
3.6% →
CASTE 4.20 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
2.0% →
PAISE 4.48 bits
1.8% →
TUILE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1O1P3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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