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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

DRAFT

Yes, DRAFT was the Wordle answer on January 8, 2025 (Wordle #1299).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹɑːft//dɹæft//dɹaft/

Noun

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

Noun

The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.

Verb

To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

Verb

To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Alternative forms: draught

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 8, 2025 (#1299).

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

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How DRAFT performs as a guess

DRAFT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,424 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__F_ D in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOCLE LANCE SORER HOISE PARER SLICE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRAFT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,424 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRAFT ranks #1,424 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
8
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:
ART

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
34%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I S T
C R A F T
D R A F T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRAFT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
210
199
133
112
107
87
86
77
76
54
42
37
35
35
33
28
28
28
27
26
26
22
21
19
17
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRAFT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOCLE
9% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
8% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
SOCLE 5.94 bits
8.9% →
LANCE 5.22 bits
8.4% →
SORER 5.23 bits
5.6% →
HOISE 5.28 bits
4.7% →
PARER 4.53 bits
4.5% →
SLICE 5.25 bits
3.7% →
WIELD 4.92 bits
3.6% →
SHIEL 4.99 bits
3.3% →
LATTE 4.55 bits
3.2% →
SPICE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1A1F4T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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