5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DUSTY

Yes, DUSTY was the Wordle answer on May 19, 2026 (Wordle #1795).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌsti/

Adjective

Covered with dust.

“a dusty carpet”

Adjective

Powdery and resembling dust.

Noun

A medium-brown color.

Noun

An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.

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: May 19, 2026 (#1795).

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

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How DUSTY performs as a guess

DUSTY 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,417 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TREAT PARLE PROLE ARIEL STARE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUSTY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,417 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUSTY ranks #5,417 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
15
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DUSTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

621
237
234
139
126
115
84
57
54
49
48
43
33
32
30
29
25
25
24
23
22
21
19
18
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUSTY:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
10% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
RAILE 6.15 bits
10.1% →
TREAT 5.51 bits
9.9% →
PARLE 5.41 bits
5.9% →
PROLE 4.82 bits
5.3% →
ARIEL 5.67 bits
4.9% →
STARE 4.77 bits
3.6% →
PLORE 4.94 bits
2.4% →
CARLE 4.71 bits
2.3% →
SLANE 4.15 bits
2.1% →
TRONE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1S1T1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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