5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DATOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dato

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 DATOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DATOS 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,409 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LINER LEARN CLONE SLIER TRINE CLINE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DATOS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,409 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DATOS ranks #2,409 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
943
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
26%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

340
201
185
151
131
119
91
78
75
66
61
58
47
45
43
41
38
37
37
34
32
29
26
21
19
18
17
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DATOS:

14% chance
Suggested:
LINER
9% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
8% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
LINER 5.94 bits
8.5% →
LEARN 5.44 bits
7.8% →
CLONE 5.19 bits
6.4% →
SLIER 5.24 bits
5.6% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
5.0% →
CLINE 4.56 bits
3.9% →
CHARE 4.62 bits
3.3% →
URINE 5.11 bits
3.2% →
SIENT 4.59 bits
2.8% →
ALERT 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1T1O1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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