5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DRUPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹuːp//dɹɪu̯p/

Noun

A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.

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 DRUPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DRUPE 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,601 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__P_ D in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT LEANT STAIR COAST SONLY SAINT
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRUPE 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
0.68 Volatility
#1,601 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRUPE ranks #1,601 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
155
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

446
211
168
165
147
103
85
81
61
58
48
45
39
36
32
30
28
27
25
25
23
22
19
19
19
18
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15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRUPE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
SLANT 5.96 bits
8.9% →
LEANT 5.31 bits
7.1% →
STAIR 4.30 bits
7.0% →
SLANT 5.39 bits
6.2% →
COAST 5.33 bits
4.4% →
SONLY 4.67 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.59 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.61 bits
2.5% →
COALY 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1U1P3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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