5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DROWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 DROWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DROWS 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,404 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__W_ D in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROWS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,404 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROWS ranks #5,404 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

544
275
238
166
111
102
93
87
62
52
42
40
39
35
31
27
26
25
23
18
18
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROWS:

23% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
PALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
LIANE 6.18 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.74 bits
10.1% →
PALET 5.29 bits
7.0% →
TONAL 5.08 bits
4.7% →
NAICE 4.98 bits
4.3% →
TARRE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
ALINE 5.49 bits
3.7% →
SPATE 4.96 bits
2.6% →
BLATE 4.65 bits
2.2% →
SPITE 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1W4S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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