5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DAWAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching

Alternative forms: da'wa, da'wah, dakwah

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 DAWAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAWAH 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 63.3% of games, misses completely in 36.7%, and leaves about 397 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,632 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___H D in the 1st position and H in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TORSE RIONE STIRE SOREL
Words starting with D Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
397 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAWAH 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,632 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAWAH ranks #12,632 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
335
6 guesses
14
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
30%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

865
285
197
130
128
100
85
71
63
45
38
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
9
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAWAH:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.7% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
12.1% →
SLATE 5.46 bits
8.4% →
TORSE 4.89 bits
5.5% →
RIONE 5.23 bits
5.4% →
STIRE 5.64 bits
4.2% →
SOREL 4.77 bits
3.6% →
ROUTE 4.69 bits
3.0% →
NOIRE 5.01 bits
2.7% →
SIREN 5.18 bits
1.9% →
TIARE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1W4A1H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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