5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DUANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of duan

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 DUANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUANS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,578 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER SPITE LINER TRICE THALE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUANS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,578 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUANS ranks #2,578 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
17
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:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
281
202
125
114
85
84
82
80
79
73
51
47
47
45
35
28
25
20
20
19
19
18
17
15
15
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUANS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TOILE 5.90 bits
11.9% →
TALER 5.56 bits
8.6% →
SPITE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
LINER 5.10 bits
4.8% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.28 bits
3.5% →
PROLE 4.22 bits
3.4% →
CLOTE 5.23 bits
3.4% →
CANOE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1A1N1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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