5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DROSS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹɒs//dɹɔs//dɹɑs/

Noun

Waste or impure matter.

Noun

Worthless or trivial matter.

Verb

To remove dross from.

Alternative forms: drosse

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 DROSS performs as a guess

DROSS 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,395 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE PALET LEANT TONAL NAICE TARRE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROSS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,395 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROSS ranks #8,395 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
826
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
18
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DROSS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
253
226
180
124
112
102
82
71
53
47
43
41
34
32
25
23
20
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20
18
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13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROSS:

25% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
PALET
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
LIANE 6.16 bits
10.7% →
PALET 5.26 bits
9.6% →
LEANT 5.52 bits
7.6% →
TONAL 5.13 bits
5.3% →
NAICE 4.95 bits
4.7% →
TARRE 4.66 bits
4.3% →
ALINE 5.45 bits
3.5% →
PARTE 4.60 bits
3.0% →
BLATE 4.65 bits
2.2% →
THALE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1S1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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