5 FiveLetterWords

Rare five-letter words

Words that appear less than once per ten million words of English — many too rare for the corpus to measure at all.

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All 9,025 words, below Zipf 2

Each word links to its full page. The Zipf figure is the word's corpus frequency turned into a plain rate; definitions are selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0), and long entries may be shortened. A “past Wordle answer” line means the word appears in this site's recorded answer history; its solver-pressure figure ranks that recorded puzzle against all other recorded puzzles for a reference solver, so 70/100 reads “harder than 70% of them.” CEFR chips (A1–B2) estimate when English learners typically meet a word.

  1. CUIFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  2. CUISH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of cuisse (“thigh armour”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  3. CUITS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  4. CULCH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  5. CUMEC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic metre per second (m³/s). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  6. CUNEI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of cuneus — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  7. CUNIT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A unit of measure for wood, equal to 100 cubic feet. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  8. CUPEL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  9. CURAT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A cuirass or breastplate. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  10. CURCH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  11. CURFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of curf — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  12. CURLI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Thin, coiled, proteinaceous fibres, on the surface of the bacterium Escherichia coli, by means of which the bacterium adheres to and infects wounds etc. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  13. CURNS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of curn — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  14. CURNY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  15. CURRS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of curr — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  16. CUSEC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  17. CUSKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of cusk — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  18. CUSPY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having cusps — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  19. CUSSO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of kousso. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  20. CUSUM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    cumulative sum control chart: a sequential analysis technique typically used for monitoring change detection — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  21. CUTIN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  22. CUTTO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of cuttoe. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  23. CUZES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  24. CYANS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of cyan — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  25. CYLIX below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of kylix. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  26. CYMAE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of cyma — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  27. CYMAR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A scarf. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  28. CYMAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of cyma — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  29. CYMOL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    cymene — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  30. CYTES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of cyte — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  31. CYTON below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    perikaryon — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  32. DAALS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of daal — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  33. DACES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dace — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  34. DADAH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    recreational drugs — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  35. DADIS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  36. DADLA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  37. DAHIS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  38. DAIKO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  39. DAINT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    do not, don't — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  40. DAKER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of dicker (“unit of 10 items”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  41. DALED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of dalet. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  42. DALTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  43. DAMNA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  44. DAMPY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Somewhat damp. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  45. DANTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of Dant — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  46. DARAF below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Non-SI unit of electrical elastance. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  47. DARBS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of darb — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  48. DARER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    One who dares. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  49. DARGS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of darg — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  50. DARLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of darl — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  51. DATAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Being or relating to a dataler; hired and paid on a daily basis. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  52. DATIL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  53. DAUBY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  54. DAUDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of daud — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  55. DAULT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  56. DAURS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of daur — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  57. DAUTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  58. DAWDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dawd. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  59. DAWED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of daw — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  60. DAWEN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  61. DAWKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dawk — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  62. DAWTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of dawt — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  63. DAYCH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  64. DAYNT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    delicate; elegant; dainty — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  65. DAZER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  66. DAZES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of daze — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  67. DEAIR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove the air from. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  68. DEARN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of dern. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  69. DEASH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove the ash from. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  70. DEAVE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  71. DEAWS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of deaw. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  72. DEAWY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete form of dewy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  73. DEBAG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove (something) from a bag. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  74. DEBEL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To conquer. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  75. DEBUD below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove the bud or buds from. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  76. DEBUR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of deburr. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  77. DECKO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of dekko. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  78. DECYL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  79. DEDAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Archaic spelling of daedal. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  80. DEENS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  81. DEEVE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  82. DEEVS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of deev — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  83. DEFAT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  84. DEFIS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  85. DEGUM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove gum from. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  86. DEICE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove ice from (something). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  87. DEIDS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  88. DEILS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  89. DEINK below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove ink from, especially in the process of recycling paper. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  90. DELED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of dele — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  91. DELFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of delf — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  92. DEMOI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of demos The common populaces of several states. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  93. DEMOT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  94. DEMPT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  95. DENAY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    denial; refusal — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  96. DENET below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To reduce the price of (a book) below its agreed-upon net value with the publisher. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  97. DEOCH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  98. DERAT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To rid of rats. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  99. DERED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of dere — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  100. DERIG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  101. DERMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of derm — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  102. DERNS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dern — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  103. DERRO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of dero (“homeless person; social derelict”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  104. DERTH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete spelling of dearth. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  105. DERVS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  106. DESEX below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  107. DETAG below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To strip of a tag or tags; to remove the tags from. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  108. DEVOT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  109. DEWAX below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To remove wax from (a material or surface). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  110. DEWED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Full of, or covered in, dew — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  111. DEXES below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dex — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  112. DEXIE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of dexy (“tablet of dexedrine”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  113. DHAKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dhak — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  114. DHALS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dhal — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  115. DHOLL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Archaic form of dal (“pigeon pea”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  116. DHOLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dhol — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  117. DHUTI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of dhoti. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  118. DIACT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Having two rays; diactinal. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  119. DICTO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  120. DICTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dict — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  121. DICTY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    stylish and respectable; high-class — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  122. DIDIE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A diaper. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  123. DIDIS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of didi — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  124. DIDOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dido — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  125. DIEBS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dieb — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  126. DIKAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dika — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  127. DIKEY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  128. DIMBO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A dimwit or idiot. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  129. DINIC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Relating to vertigo or dizziness. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  130. DINLO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A fool. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  131. DINTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dint — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  132. DIOCH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    An African weaverbird of the genus Quelea. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  133. DIOTA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A vase or drinking cup with two handles. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  134. DIPSO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A dipsomaniac; an alcoholic; a drunk. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  135. DIRAM below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A Tajikistani coin; 100 dirams equal one somoni. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  136. DIRKE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete form of dirk. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  137. DIRLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  138. DISME below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A dime minted in 1792. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  139. DITAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A finger-operated key for raising the pitch of a guitar by a semitone. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  140. DITAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  141. DITED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of dite — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  142. DITTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  143. DIVNA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  144. DIVOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of divo — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  145. DIZEN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    To dress with flax for spinning. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  146. DJINS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of djin — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  147. DOABS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of doab — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  148. DOBLA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  149. DOCHT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  150. DOCOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of doco — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  151. DOCUS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of docu — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  152. DOEKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of doek. This is the anglicised form; cf. doeke — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  153. DOGAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Of or pertaining to a doge. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  154. DOGEY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative spelling of dogie. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  155. DOGLY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  156. DOHYO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  157. DOILT below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  158. DOITS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of doit — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  159. DOLEE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  160. DOLIA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dolium — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  161. DOLIE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  162. DOLOS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The bones that are thrown when throwing the bones for divination. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  163. DOMAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Of or relating to a dome. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  164. DOMIC below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Relating to or shaped like a dome; domical or domeshaped. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  165. DONAH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A larrikin's girlfriend. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  166. DONKO below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  167. DONSY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  168. DOOBS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of doob — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  169. DOOCE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Pronunciation spelling of deuce. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  170. DOOLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  171. DOPAS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  172. DOPPE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  173. DORAD below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The sea bream. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  174. DORBA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  175. DORBS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  176. DORPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dorp — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  177. DORRS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dorr — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  178. DORSE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  179. DORTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dort — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  180. DORTY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Dirty; unclean. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  181. DOSAI below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative spelling of dosa (“type of pancake”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  182. DOSEH below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A religious ceremony at Cairo during the festival of the mawlid, in which the sheik rides on horseback over the prostrate bodies of dervishes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  183. DOTAL below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting or comprised in dower. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  184. DOTER below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  185. DOUAR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A camp or village of tents in a North African country. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  186. DOUCS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of douc — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  187. DOUKS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  188. DOUMS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of doum — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  189. DOUPS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of doup — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  190. DOUTS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of dout — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  191. DOVED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  192. DOVEN below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of daven. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  193. DOWAK below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    A non-returning throwstick. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  194. DOWAR below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of douar. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  195. DOWED below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of dow — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  196. DOWFS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  197. DOWLE below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  198. DOWLS below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of dowl. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  199. DOWLY below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score
  200. DOWNA below the measurement floor — too rare for the corpus to score

How these scores are measured

Frequency scores come from the wordfreq project (data CC BY-SA 4.0), which averages word rates across books, subtitles, news and web text. A Zipf score is the base-10 logarithm of a word's uses per billion words, so each whole point is a tenfold change in frequency: Zipf 4 is ten uses per million words, Zipf 3 is one. The four bands split the site's accepted-guess list of 14,855 five-letter words at Zipf 4, 3 and 2 — round thresholds chosen from the observed distribution, not judgments about individual words.

A score of 0.0 is a marker, not a measurement: wordfreq's corpus never saw the word often enough to score it, which is true of 5,062 words in this band. Those entries say “below the measurement floor” and sort after every measured word.

“Past Wordle answer” claims come only from this site's recorded answer history, and the working answer pool never predicts what the NYT will choose. Solver-pressure figures are percentiles among recorded puzzles for a reference solver — a claim about those puzzles, not about players. Learner levels: The CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.5. Compiled by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Retrieved from http://www.cefr-j.org/download.html on 1/20/2020.