5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUCKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌki/

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a duck.

Noun

A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck.

Noun

An affectionate pet name.

“"Morning, ducky!" said Roderick, as he gave his partner a quick peck on the cheek and sat down to breakfast.”

Adjective

Darling, charming, cute.

Alternative forms: duckie

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 DUCKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUCKY 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 61.3% of games, misses completely in 38.7%, and leaves about 424 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,716 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__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE CHARE SALET STURE ARIEL TARGE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
424 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUCKY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,716 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUCKY ranks #11,716 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
16
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
27%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

913
226
197
165
149
81
72
55
49
36
36
34
30
27
26
23
23
18
17
17
17
16
10
9
9
9
8
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUCKY:

39% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
CHARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.7% →
TARSE 6.35 bits
9.6% →
CHARE 5.58 bits
8.4% →
SALET 4.91 bits
7.0% →
STURE 5.39 bits
6.3% →
ARIEL 5.72 bits
3.4% →
TARGE 4.95 bits
3.1% →
SATER 5.04 bits
2.3% →
TOILE 4.87 bits
2.1% →
SORAL 3.94 bits
1.5% →
SLART 3.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1C3K5Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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