5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DATED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtɪd/

Adjective

Marked with a date.

“The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.”

Adjective

Outdated.

“"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.”

Verb

simple past and past participle of date

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 DATED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DATED 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,778 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___D D in the 1st position and D in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SNORE SNARL SHORT SENOR PEARL
Words starting with D Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DATED 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
#9,778 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DATED ranks #9,778 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
15
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
35%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
264
218
189
145
138
111
93
77
57
41
41
40
39
36
35
27
23
22
22
21
20
19
17
16
15
15
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DATED:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SNORE
9% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
11.2% →
SNORE 5.27 bits
9.2% →
SNARL 5.15 bits
8.0% →
SHORT 5.43 bits
6.1% →
SENOR 4.36 bits
5.9% →
PEARL 4.66 bits
4.7% →
SONLY 4.63 bits
3.9% →
SHIRE 4.71 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.77 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1T1E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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