Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DRESS

DRESS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹes//dɹɛs//dɹɪs/

Verb

To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.

“He was dressed in the latest fashions.”

Verb

To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).

“The fashion designer was proud to have dressed the queen for the charity event.”

Noun

An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.

“Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.”

Noun

An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.

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

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 DRESS performs as a guess

DRESS 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,905 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRESS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,905 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRESS ranks #9,905 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
261
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
D R E S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRESS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
307
203
179
158
105
79
77
56
55
52
49
42
37
37
33
31
29
29
21
19
19
17
17
16
16
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRESS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
13% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
9% chance
Suggested:
PATEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4%
TONAL 5.86 bits
13.0%
LIANE 5.33 bits
8.6%
PATEE 4.55 bits
7.6%
SLANT 5.07 bits
6.7%
CAROL 5.35 bits
4.5%
TRAIN 4.36 bits
3.4%
PLATE 4.64 bits
3.3%
ALOUD 4.84 bits
2.4%
STRAP 4.36 bits
2.3%
ALINE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1E1S1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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