5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DARLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of darl

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 DARLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DARLS 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #777 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

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CONTE SIENT TONEY TRACE CLONE STAKE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DARLS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#777 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DARLS ranks #777 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
995
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
147
6 guesses
8
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:
ALRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

292
221
183
137
101
99
98
97
76
67
63
60
50
41
41
40
39
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DARLS:

12% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
8% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
CONTE 6.06 bits
9.4% →
CONTE 5.29 bits
7.8% →
SIENT 5.51 bits
5.8% →
CONTE 5.04 bits
4.3% →
TONEY 4.76 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.93 bits
4.2% →
CLONE 4.47 bits
4.1% →
CONTE 5.30 bits
3.2% →
STAKE 4.60 bits
2.8% →
SPITE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1R1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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