5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUDDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 66.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

ragged

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 DUDDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUDDY 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 44.6% of games, misses completely in 55.4%, and leaves about 784 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,790 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.05 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__D_ D in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SALET STONE TRACE ARIEL TOILE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.61 Entropy (bits)
784 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
66.7% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUDDY 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.

4.05 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,790 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUDDY ranks #14,790 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
486
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
559
6 guesses
47
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
45%
Green tile
28%
All gray
55%

Feedback distribution

43 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1307
237
224
110
100
59
50
44
42
25
24
23
22
10
7
7
6
6
6
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUDDY:

55% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

55.4% →
TIARE 6.16 bits
10.1% →
SALET 4.87 bits
9.5% →
STONE 5.23 bits
4.7% →
TRACE 4.68 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.36 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.88 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.16 bits
1.9% →
RAILE 4.76 bits
1.8% →
PALER 4.79 bits
1.1% →
SAWER 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1D2D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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