5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DREED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of dree

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.

How DREED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DREED as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,993 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST ROAST REAST SAINT SHALT
Words starting with D Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DREED 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,993 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DREED ranks #11,993 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
320
6 guesses
26

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
35%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

740
312
225
128
111
108
74
54
49
45
39
37
31
29
27
22
20
18
18
17
17
16
15
12
11
11
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DREED:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
SLANT 5.96 bits
13.2% →
SLANT 5.52 bits
9.5% →
COAST 5.36 bits
5.4% →
COAST 4.65 bits
4.7% →
ROAST 3.45 bits
4.6% →
REAST 4.59 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.41 bits
2.3% →
SHALT 5.01 bits
2.1% →
COATE 3.88 bits
1.9% →
ALOUD 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1E1E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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