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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

DRONE

Yes, DRONE was the Wordle answer on May 26, 2025 (Wordle #1437).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹəʊn//dɹoʊn/

Noun

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

Noun

One who performs menial or tedious work.

Verb

To kill or destroy with a drone (unmanned aircraft), or with a missile fired by a drone.

Verb

To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 26, 2025 (#1437).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DRONE performs as a guess

DRONE 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #138 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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.

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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__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SHALT SALET LOATH PANIC COAST
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.39 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRONE 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#138 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRONE ranks #138 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
1,025
4 guesses
1,077
5 guesses
152
6 guesses
9
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:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
41%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R O N G
C R O N E
D R O N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DRONE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

130 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
157
153
150
112
110
83
76
71
66
65
53
43
42
41
33
33
33
31
29
29
26
26
24
24
20
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRONE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
7% chance
Suggested:
SHALT
6% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SAULT 5.93 bits
6.7% →
SHALT 5.68 bits
6.5% →
SAULT 5.56 bits
6.4% →
SALET 4.55 bits
4.7% →
SHALT 5.08 bits
4.7% →
LOATH 4.86 bits
3.5% →
PANIC 4.90 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.91 bits
3.0% →
SHALT 4.69 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1N1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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