5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DROME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of 'drome (“aerodrome”).

Noun

The crab plover, Dromas ardeola, of North Africa.

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 DROME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DROME 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,397 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__M_ D in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT SALET SHALT COAST SAUCY
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROME 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,397 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROME ranks #1,397 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
984
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
15
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
200
164
157
129
104
82
75
64
53
47
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34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROME:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SAINT 6.14 bits
8.5% →
SLANT 5.59 bits
7.0% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
6.7% →
SALET 4.50 bits
5.5% →
SLANT 4.96 bits
4.4% →
SHALT 5.11 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.71 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.68 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.39 bits
2.2% →
SAUCY 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1M3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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