5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DULLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dʌlz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dull

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 DULLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DULLS 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,047 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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

ROATE TIARE RAINE TRONE CRONE NOIRE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DULLS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,047 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DULLS ranks #9,047 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
828
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

758
343
231
139
101
87
68
61
52
47
44
36
31
29
22
20
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DULLS:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
14.5% →
ROATE 5.70 bits
9.8% →
TIARE 5.37 bits
5.9% →
RAINE 5.57 bits
4.3% →
TRONE 5.48 bits
3.7% →
CRONE 4.21 bits
2.9% →
NOIRE 5.30 bits
2.6% →
CRUET 4.42 bits
2.2% →
PLANE 4.42 bits
2.0% →
WAITE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1L1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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