5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DRANT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To drawl; to drone.

Noun

A droning tone.

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.

Why this solver ranks DRANT highly

This solver ranks DRANT highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #31 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.52 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__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOCLE SOREL SOYLE HOISE MARLE SLICE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRANT 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.

3.52 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRANT ranks #4 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,135
4 guesses
1,009
5 guesses
125
6 guesses
10
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:
ANRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
187
151
119
116
104
95
71
67
66
65
62
51
49
36
31
30
28
28
26
26
26
25
24
22
20
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRANT:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOCLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
6% chance
Suggested:
SOYLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
SOCLE 5.99 bits
7.9% →
SOREL 5.12 bits
6.4% →
SOYLE 5.14 bits
5.0% →
HOISE 5.15 bits
4.9% →
HOISE 5.29 bits
4.4% →
MARLE 4.55 bits
4.0% →
SLICE 5.27 bits
3.0% →
SHIEL 5.12 bits
2.8% →
SIDLE 4.88 bits
2.8% →
SPICE 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1A1N1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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