5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DREGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹɛɡz/

Noun

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

Noun

The worst and lowest part of something.

“the dregs of society”

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 DREGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DREGS 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,265 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__G_ D in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL OLATE SLANT PATEE CAROM COAST
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DREGS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,265 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DREGS ranks #4,265 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
256
218
175
144
116
81
69
65
61
54
42
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DREGS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
TONAL 5.79 bits
10.9% →
OLATE 5.29 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
7.4% →
PATEE 4.50 bits
6.1% →
CAROM 5.37 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.25 bits
2.9% →
ALOUD 4.79 bits
2.8% →
GLOAT 4.79 bits
2.6% →
STRAP 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1E1G2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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