5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DREAD

Yes, DREAD was the Wordle answer on July 8, 2025 (Wordle #1480).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹɛd/

Verb

To fear greatly.

Verb

To anticipate with fear.

“I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.”

Noun

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

“My visit to the doctor is filling me with dread.”

Noun

Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

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: July 8, 2025 (#1480).

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

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How DREAD performs as a guess

DREAD 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,396 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___D D in the 1st position and D in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT TOILE SOREE STALE TORUS
Words starting with D Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DREAD 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#9,396 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DREAD ranks #9,396 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
C R O W D
B R E A D
D R E A D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DREAD in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
271
252
179
164
116
82
78
71
70
49
42
37
31
30
27
25
21
19
18
18
18
18
17
16
15
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DREAD:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
11.5% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
10.7% →
TOILE 5.47 bits
7.6% →
SOREE 4.52 bits
7.0% →
STALE 4.97 bits
4.9% →
TORUS 5.18 bits
3.5% →
CAROM 4.20 bits
3.3% →
PRINT 4.07 bits
3.0% →
PALET 3.80 bits
3.0% →
SLEET 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1E1A1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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