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DRAIN

Yes, DRAIN was the Wordle answer on August 21, 2021 (Wordle #63).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹeɪn//dɹiːn/

Noun

A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

“The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.”

Noun

An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.

Verb

To lose liquid.

“The clogged sink drained slowly.”

Verb

To flow gradually.

“The water of low ground drains off.”

Alternative forms: drein, dreen

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: August 21, 2021 (#63).

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

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How DRAIN performs as a guess

DRAIN 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #241 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___N D in the 1st position and N in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SALET SORER STILE PALET SOCLE
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRAIN 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#241 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRAIN ranks #241 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
1,048
4 guesses
1,041
5 guesses
169
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
34%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
B R A I N
D R A I N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRAIN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

131 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
207
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152
125
123
96
79
67
55
47
42
37
35
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35
28
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRAIN:

14% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
STOLE 6.02 bits
8.8% →
SALET 5.47 bits
8.5% →
SORER 5.28 bits
6.4% →
STILE 5.41 bits
5.3% →
STOLE 5.14 bits
5.2% →
PALET 4.79 bits
4.1% →
SOCLE 5.02 bits
3.4% →
SHITE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
SCOTE 4.68 bits
2.3% →
TONEY 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1A1I1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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