5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DAMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /deɪmz/

Noun

plural of dame

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 DAMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAMES 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,601 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DA_ES D in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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COUNT RONTE TRAIL SNOUT LOVER GLARE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAMES 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,601 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAMES ranks #4,601 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
220
177
169
135
126
107
103
78
56
53
49
43
42
41
35
34
31
31
28
26
25
24
22
22
22
20
20
18
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAMES:

14% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
COUNT 5.87 bits
9.3% →
RONTE 5.13 bits
7.5% →
TRAIL 5.27 bits
7.2% →
SNOUT 4.93 bits
5.7% →
LOVER 4.08 bits
5.3% →
GLARE 4.71 bits
4.5% →
TONEY 4.08 bits
4.4% →
PORTE 4.62 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.70 bits
2.4% →
ROUND 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1M3E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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