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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌpi/

Noun

A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.

Noun

A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).

Verb

To kill; to murder.

Verb

To excel in.

Alternative forms: duffy, duppie, doopy, dupie

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 DUPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUPPY 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 53.4% of games, misses completely in 46.6%, and leaves about 573 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,758 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__P_ D in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TALER STONE STARE ARIEL CARTE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.22 Entropy (bits)
573 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUPPY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,758 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUPPY ranks #13,758 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
624
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
379
6 guesses
25
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
27%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1100
190
187
157
151
96
59
42
37
34
30
28
27
26
22
21
17
11
11
8
8
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUPPY:

47% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.6% →
TIARE 6.21 bits
8.1% →
TALER 4.86 bits
7.9% →
STONE 5.26 bits
6.7% →
STARE 5.53 bits
6.4% →
ARIEL 5.70 bits
4.1% →
CARTE 4.72 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.96 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.28 bits
1.6% →
RAILE 3.82 bits
1.4% →
LATER 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1P3P3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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