5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUNAM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʊn.əm//ˈduːnəm/

Noun

A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m²), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma.

Noun

Various other units in other areas of the former Ottoman Empire, usually equated to the decare but sometimes varying (as in Iraq, where it is 2500 m²).

Alternative forms: dunum

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 DUNAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUNAM 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,732 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___M D in the 1st position and M in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__M U in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER TARSE STIRE STORE TRINE SOREL
Words starting with D Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUNAM 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,732 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUNAM ranks #4,732 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
12
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:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
25%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
384
159
109
99
93
92
87
82
66
56
53
49
46
29
22
20
20
17
16
15
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUNAM:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SOLER 6.01 bits
16.3% →
TARSE 5.68 bits
6.7% →
STIRE 5.28 bits
4.6% →
STORE 5.41 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.78 bits
3.9% →
STIRE 4.77 bits
3.9% →
SOREL 4.80 bits
3.7% →
SLIER 4.98 bits
3.5% →
MOIRE 5.23 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1N1A1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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