5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DURRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌ.ɹi//ˈdɝ.i/

Noun

A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.

Noun

Alternative spelling of dhurrie.

Alternative forms: durrie

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 DURRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DURRY 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 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,571 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__R_ D in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAICE SALET SLANT ALINE CASTE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DURRY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,571 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DURRY ranks #10,571 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
28
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:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
34%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

791
324
176
149
105
84
81
75
50
42
39
31
30
29
25
22
20
20
19
15
14
14
14
14
13
12
12
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DURRY:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
14% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
SLANE 6.32 bits
13.7% →
SAICE 5.19 bits
7.5% →
SALET 4.93 bits
6.3% →
SLANT 5.36 bits
4.5% →
ALINE 5.65 bits
3.6% →
CASTE 4.98 bits
3.4% →
STANE 4.99 bits
3.2% →
GLACE 4.49 bits
2.1% →
CRUET 4.55 bits
1.8% →
CADIE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1R1R1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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