5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DARER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who dares.

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 DARER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DARER 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,436 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE SLANT SONLY PRINT SPITE
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DARER 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,436 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DARER ranks #7,436 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
243
192
131
128
121
85
79
77
76
59
54
45
41
38
33
27
27
25
24
21
20
19
18
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DARER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
10.3% →
STILE 5.30 bits
8.1% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 5.11 bits
5.4% →
SONLY 4.57 bits
5.1% →
PRINT 4.93 bits
3.6% →
SPITE 4.53 bits
3.3% →
SIENT 4.25 bits
3.3% →
SOILY 3.55 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1R1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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