5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DRUXY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌksi/

Adjective

Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish colour; rotten, decayed.

Alternative forms: druxey

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 DRUXY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DRUXY 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 67.4% of games, misses completely in 32.6%, and leaves about 347 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,182 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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 _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SALET COATE SIENT ALINE SLANT
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
347 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRUXY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,182 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRUXY ranks #11,182 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
20
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:
RU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

768
346
174
164
128
103
94
64
50
41
36
30
28
28
25
25
23
22
20
20
16
16
15
11
10
9
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRUXY:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.6% →
SLANE 6.35 bits
14.7% →
SALET 5.45 bits
7.4% →
SALET 4.93 bits
7.0% →
COATE 5.11 bits
5.4% →
SIENT 5.15 bits
4.4% →
ALINE 5.64 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.75 bits
2.7% →
SURER 4.72 bits
2.1% →
TARRE 4.46 bits
1.7% →
SLANT 3.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1U1X8Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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