5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

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 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,029 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__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

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL SPOUT TONER GLARE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
169 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 opener: v5 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#11,029 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAZES 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 (3.45 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

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
248
199
189
153
139
130
112
93
63
53
48
45
44
37
36
35
34
32
28
27
20
18
16
11
11
11
10
9
9

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 5.86 bits
10.5% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
8.4% →
TRAIL 5.25 bits
8.0% →
SPOUT 4.92 bits
6.5% →
TONER 4.27 bits
5.9% →
GLARE 4.68 bits
5.5% →
CARAT 4.12 bits
4.7% →
PORTE 4.65 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.60 bits
2.7% →
WOULD 4.59 bits

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.