5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DANDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑndə/

Noun

A punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the end of a sentence.

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 DANDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DANDA 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 62.7% of games, misses completely in 37.3%, and leaves about 431 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,454 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__D_ D in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE SLATE TOISE SLIER GRISE HOISE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.46 Entropy (bits)
431 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DANDA 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,454 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DANDA ranks #13,454 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
654
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
30
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
26%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

880
351
224
189
89
88
81
59
41
34
29
29
27
23
21
15
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
8
7
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DANDA:

37% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.3% →
TORSE 6.15 bits
14.9% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
9.5% →
TOISE 5.45 bits
8.0% →
TORSE 4.87 bits
3.8% →
SLIER 5.05 bits
3.7% →
GRISE 4.60 bits
3.4% →
HOISE 4.53 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.82 bits
1.7% →
POIRE 4.36 bits
1.4% →
TRINE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1N1D2A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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