5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUNSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative spelling of dunch.

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 DUNSH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUNSH 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,271 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___H D in the 1st position and H in the 5th position D__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER PLATE ARIEL TIARE ROATE PROLE
Words starting with D Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUNSH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,271 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUNSH ranks #2,271 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
NSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
27%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
211
194
134
100
92
86
86
73
65
62
60
42
38
37
27
20
19
18
17
17
16
16
16
14
13
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUNSH:

28% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
ALTER 6.15 bits
8.9% →
PLATE 5.75 bits
8.2% →
ARIEL 5.62 bits
5.7% →
ARIEL 5.66 bits
4.2% →
TIARE 5.50 bits
3.9% →
ROATE 5.04 bits
3.6% →
PROLE 5.17 bits
3.6% →
BALER 4.58 bits
3.1% →
MOILE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
ARIEL 5.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1N1S1H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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