5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUCES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dux

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 DUCES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUCES 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,307 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DU_ES D in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TIARE SAINT LEANT CAIRN SLART
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUCES 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,307 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUCES ranks #5,307 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
282
207
170
140
136
79
77
69
68
60
44
43
41
40
33
28
28
22
22
22
20
20
20
16
15
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUCES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TALON 6.06 bits
12.0% →
TIARE 5.36 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.26 bits
7.2% →
LEANT 4.24 bits
5.9% →
CAIRN 5.34 bits
5.8% →
SLART 4.93 bits
3.3% →
LAIRY 4.87 bits
3.3% →
LEARE 4.89 bits
2.9% →
BLURT 4.84 bits
2.9% →
ROANY 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1C3E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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