5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

DRYLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪ.li/

Adverb

In a dry manner.

Alternative forms: drily

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 DRYLY performs as a guess

DRYLY 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,781 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE STOAE SAICE COATE SAUNT SAUTE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRYLY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#11,781 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRYLY ranks #11,781 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
15
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
0 vowels
Common:
LR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
D R Y L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRYLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
359
310
178
154
91
81
71
50
39
38
32
32
31
29
29
23
19
12
11
11
10
10
9
7
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRYLY:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
15% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
SAINE 6.26 bits
15.2% →
STOAE 5.42 bits
13.1% →
SAICE 5.45 bits
7.5% →
COATE 5.20 bits
6.5% →
SAUNT 4.74 bits
3.9% →
SAINE 5.27 bits
3.4% →
SAUTE 4.89 bits
3.0% →
CLEAR 4.40 bits
2.1% →
TARRE 4.33 bits
1.7% →
AINEE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1Y4L1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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