Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

DAUTS

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

No dictionary definition for DAUTS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use DAUTS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How DAUTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAUTS 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,217 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe DAUTS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.86 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DAUTS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.67 Spread of game lengths
#2,217 Rank among openers
Opening with DAUTS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.67 means those games clustered within about 0.67 of a guess of the 3.62 average. It ranks #2,217 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

DAUTS can come back 95 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

422 answers
238 answers
167 answers
141 answers
137 answers
106 answers
91 answers
87 answers
80 answers
76 answers
49 answers
46 answers
46 answers
46 answers
44 answers
41 answers
35 answers
34 answers
33 answers
30 answers
23 answers
22 answers
21 answers
21 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1U1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Strategy after playing DAUTS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DAUTS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAUTS:

18% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
7% chance
Suggested:
SPINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
RIONE 5.95 bits
10.0% →
CLONE 5.48 bits
7.0% →
SPINE 5.32 bits
5.9% →
MORNE 4.86 bits
5.7% →
TONER 5.38 bits
4.4% →
CURLY 4.54 bits
3.8% →
RIONE 5.26 bits
3.6% →
CHARE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
SLIER 4.67 bits
3.2% →
ALERT 4.84 bits

Research on DAUTS

Game-tree analysis and word research for DAUTS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DAUTS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.67 guesses and ranks #2,629 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DAUTS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.62, at or below the proven-optimal 3.67, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).