5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DARAF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Non-SI unit of electrical elastance.

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 DARAF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DARAF 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,076 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 4th position _A__F A in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SCOTE TRACE TUILE
Words starting with D Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DARAF 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,076 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DARAF ranks #10,076 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
300
222
154
108
102
93
63
57
52
52
41
36
35
34
26
24
20
18
18
16
15
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DARAF:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
12.7% →
TOISE 5.42 bits
9.4% →
SLATE 5.61 bits
6.5% →
SCOTE 4.68 bits
4.6% →
TRACE 4.69 bits
4.3% →
TUILE 5.23 bits
3.9% →
TOUSE 4.90 bits
2.7% →
TUILE 4.93 bits
2.4% →
CLEAT 4.58 bits
2.2% →
TONEY 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1R1A1F4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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