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
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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
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To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
“The fashion designer was proud to have dressed the queen for the charity event.”
- Noun
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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
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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
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Not used yetNo past answer date found.
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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.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches DRESS in 3 guesses.
Feedback distribution
65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing DRESS:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for DRESS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
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