5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DRUSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹuːzi/

Adjective

Having a druse.

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

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 DRUSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DRUSY 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,887 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE ROATE PLATE COATE PALET ANILE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRUSY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,887 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRUSY ranks #3,887 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
18
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
39%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
256
204
139
125
91
85
81
76
56
45
43
37
33
31
28
28
27
26
26
24
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22
19
19
18
18
15
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRUSY:

22% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
LANCE 6.24 bits
10.9% →
ROATE 5.07 bits
8.7% →
PLATE 5.70 bits
5.9% →
COATE 5.12 bits
5.3% →
PALET 4.74 bits
3.9% →
ANILE 5.02 bits
3.6% →
ALINE 5.56 bits
3.4% →
STOAE 4.56 bits
3.2% →
AHOLE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1U1S1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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