5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DUALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dual

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dual

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 DUALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUALS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,382 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CATER STIRE GOIER TONER TRICE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUALS 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
#1,382 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUALS ranks #1,382 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
244
206
131
110
92
79
75
74
71
66
49
49
49
47
42
30
30
26
25
21
20
20
19
18
18
18
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUALS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CATER
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TRONE 6.16 bits
10.3% →
CATER 5.42 bits
8.7% →
STIRE 5.54 bits
5.6% →
GOIER 4.90 bits
4.7% →
TONER 4.69 bits
3.9% →
TRICE 5.26 bits
3.3% →
TRUCE 5.31 bits
3.2% →
CRONE 4.23 bits
3.1% →
WRITE 5.19 bits
3.0% →
PEART 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1A1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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