5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DANTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Dant

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 DANTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DANTS 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

PROLE BLARE ROULE ROUET GOIER COREY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DANTS 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.65 Volatility
#511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DANTS ranks #511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
1,013
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
127
6 guesses
9
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:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

387
192
172
144
115
106
98
84
80
65
60
59
50
47
42
41
41
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31
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DANTS:

16% chance
Suggested:
PROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
BLARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
PROLE 5.95 bits
8.1% →
BLARE 5.35 bits
7.3% →
ROULE 5.20 bits
6.1% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
4.9% →
GOIER 5.29 bits
4.5% →
COREY 4.68 bits
4.2% →
ROULE 5.30 bits
3.6% →
ROUET 4.60 bits
3.4% →
CHARE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
ALERT 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1N1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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