5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DAUBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of daub

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of daub

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 DAUBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAUBS 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,705 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__B_ D in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RONTE ALERT STIPE THALE TRICE RIONE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAUBS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,705 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAUBS ranks #6,705 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
289
248
170
132
123
92
76
59
57
48
46
44
38
37
23
22
21
21
19
19
15
15
15
12
12
12
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAUBS:

22% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
RONTE 6.01 bits
12.3% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
10.5% →
STIPE 5.44 bits
7.2% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.73 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 4.90 bits
3.9% →
RIONE 5.17 bits
3.2% →
TOILE 5.08 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
CONTE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1U1B3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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