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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

DRAPE

Yes, DRAPE was the Wordle answer on September 25, 2025 (Wordle #1559).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹeɪp/

Noun

A curtain; a drapery.

Noun

The way in which fabric falls or hangs.

Verb

To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.

“to drape a bust, a building, etc.”

Verb

To spread over, cover.

“I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.”

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: September 25, 2025 (#1559).

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

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How DRAPE performs as a guess

DRAPE 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #307 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__P_ D in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TALON BETEL SLEET TORUS CLASH
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRAPE 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
0.69 Volatility
#307 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRAPE ranks #307 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
157
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C R I S P
D R A P E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRAPE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

335
193
146
129
121
105
82
72
68
59
59
52
51
49
42
41
30
30
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26
26
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21
21
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRAPE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
6% chance
Suggested:
BETEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
8.2% →
TALON 5.26 bits
6.2% →
BETEL 5.06 bits
5.5% →
SLEET 4.24 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.77 bits
4.5% →
TORUS 5.12 bits
3.5% →
CLASH 4.64 bits
3.1% →
CAROL 4.71 bits
2.9% →
PILOT 4.77 bits
2.5% →
CLEAN 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1A1P3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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