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DATUM

Yes, DATUM was the Wordle answer on June 5, 2025 (Wordle #1447).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtəm//ˈdætəm//ˈdɑːtəm/

Noun

Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.

“a datum of experience”

Noun

Singular of data: A single recorded phenomenon, especially obtained by scientific work.

Verb

To provide missing data points by using a mathematical model to extrapolate values that are outside the range of a measuring device.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 5, 2025 (#1447).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DATUM performs as a guess

DATUM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,641 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___M D in the 1st position and M in the 5th position D__U_ D in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__M A in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SLANE SHIER SURLY SOREL LEAST
Words starting with D Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DATUM 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,641 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DATUM ranks #3,641 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
10
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:
ATU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
T A B B Y
D A T U M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DATUM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
279
208
143
134
119
93
71
66
50
47
44
40
36
36
33
33
30
29
22
22
20
16
15
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13
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12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DATUM:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
SOLER 5.93 bits
11.8% →
SLANE 5.49 bits
8.8% →
SHIER 5.73 bits
6.1% →
SURLY 4.89 bits
5.7% →
SOREL 4.93 bits
5.0% →
LEAST 5.01 bits
3.9% →
RIONE 5.15 bits
3.0% →
MOIRE 5.20 bits
2.8% →
SNORE 4.55 bits
2.1% →
BLARE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1T1U1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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