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DUSKY

Yes, DUSKY was the Wordle answer on January 27, 2026 (Wordle #1683).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌs.ki/

Adjective

Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).

“I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.”

Adjective

Having a shade of color that is rather dark.

“The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.”

Noun

A dusky shark.

Noun

A dusky dolphin.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 27, 2026 (#1683).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DUSKY performs as a guess

DUSKY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 65.5% of games, misses completely in 34.5%, and leaves about 363 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,801 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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

ROATE STARE TALER ARIEL TRONE CARTE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
363 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUSKY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,801 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUSKY ranks #10,801 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
14
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
27%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
H U S K Y
D U S K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DUSKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

814
312
163
143
132
80
79
69
56
42
40
36
34
34
28
27
26
23
22
18
15
14
13
10
9
9
9
7
7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUSKY:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.5% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
13.2% →
STARE 5.64 bits
6.9% →
TALER 4.91 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.75 bits
5.6% →
TRONE 5.42 bits
3.4% →
CARTE 4.66 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 5.21 bits
2.9% →
SHART 4.39 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.95 bits
1.8% →
TRICE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1S1K5Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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