5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DRUSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹuːz/

Noun

A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.

Noun

An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.

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 DRUSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DRUSE 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,608 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__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEANT SLANT CAROL ALINE GUILT
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.23 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRUSE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,608 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRUSE ranks #1,608 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
13
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

351
190
164
137
119
117
88
88
56
53
53
49
43
42
41
39
33
32
30
30
26
25
24
24
22
21
21
21
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRUSE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
TALON 5.90 bits
8.1% →
LEANT 5.34 bits
7.0% →
LEANT 4.41 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 5.07 bits
5.0% →
CAROL 5.33 bits
5.0% →
ALINE 4.63 bits
3.7% →
GUILT 4.37 bits
3.7% →
TRAIN 4.33 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 3.78 bits
2.2% →
SHALT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1U1S1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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