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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DAWTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dawt

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 DAWTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAWTS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,021 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CLONE ROULE ROUET MORNE CHARE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAWTS 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
0.65 Volatility
#4,021 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAWTS ranks #4,021 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
6
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
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
241
199
179
138
109
95
87
76
55
53
52
51
45
44
38
25
22
21
20
19
18
15
15
14
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAWTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
RIONE 5.95 bits
10.2% →
CLONE 5.44 bits
8.4% →
ROULE 5.17 bits
7.6% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
5.9% →
MORNE 4.89 bits
4.6% →
RIONE 5.30 bits
4.0% →
ROUET 4.65 bits
3.7% →
CHARE 4.68 bits
3.2% →
ALERT 4.83 bits
2.3% →
RIONE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1W4T1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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