5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUNNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌni/

Adjective

Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.

Noun

Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a latrine; a lavatory; a toilet.

Adjective

Somewhat deaf, hard of hearing.

Noun

A dummy, an unintelligent person.

Alternative forms: danna, dunnee

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 DUNNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUNNY 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 58.6% of games, misses completely in 41.4%, and leaves about 464 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,287 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 D__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALET TORSE ARIEL CARTE REAST
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.59 Entropy (bits)
464 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUNNY 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
#11,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUNNY ranks #11,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
21
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
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
34%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

977
190
164
161
138
90
89
70
47
42
31
31
29
24
23
17
16
15
14
14
14
13
12
8
8
6
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUNNY:

41% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.4% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
8.1% →
SALET 4.96 bits
7.0% →
TORSE 5.43 bits
6.8% →
ARIEL 5.44 bits
5.9% →
ARIEL 5.73 bits
3.8% →
CARTE 4.75 bits
3.8% →
REAST 4.79 bits
3.0% →
CARTE 4.72 bits
2.0% →
ORATE 4.90 bits
1.8% →
SMILE 3.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1N1N1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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