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

DAZES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪzɪz/

Noun

plural of daze

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of daze

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 DAZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAZES 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,029 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DA_ES D in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in DAZES.

First-turn measures

All four describe DAZES 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.

4.44 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DAZES 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#11,029 Rank among openers
Opening with DAZES left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.78 average. It ranks #11,029 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
718
4 guesses
1,328
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

DAZES can come back 63 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

400 answers
250 answers
200 answers
191 answers
156 answers
139 answers
131 answers
112 answers
94 answers
63 answers
53 answers
49 answers
46 answers
44 answers
37 answers
36 answers
35 answers
34 answers
32 answers
28 answers
27 answers
20 answers
18 answers
16 answers
11 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1Z10E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL SPOUT TONER GLARE

Strategy after playing DAZES

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAZES:

17% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
COUNT 5.87 bits
10.5% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
8.4% →
TRAIL 5.24 bits
8.0% →
SPOUT 4.94 bits
6.6% →
TONER 4.31 bits
5.9% →
GLARE 4.68 bits
5.5% →
CARAT 4.12 bits
4.7% →
PORTE 4.65 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 4.60 bits
2.7% →
WORLD 4.57 bits

Research on DAZES

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

Optimal play

Opening with DAZES, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.77 guesses and ranks #8,988 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 DAZES can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.78; proven optimal play reaches 3.77. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

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.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it DAYZUHZ. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, DAZES is a kind of amazement or confusion.

Synonyms SHOCK fog haze stun dazzle

Familiarity and learning

Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with internal bodily sensation (3.2 of 5).

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model; Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).