5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUNTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dunt

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 DUNTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUNTS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,475 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__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SPALE TREAT ARIEL REAST CAGEY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUNTS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,475 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUNTS ranks #2,475 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
163
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
1 vowels
Common:
NSTU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
220
198
167
127
110
76
71
66
64
54
50
49
39
32
29
26
24
23
21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUNTS:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPALE
8% chance
Suggested:
TREAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
CARLE 6.33 bits
9.3% →
SPALE 5.67 bits
8.4% →
TREAT 5.52 bits
7.1% →
ARIEL 5.60 bits
5.4% →
ARIEL 5.59 bits
4.7% →
REAST 4.85 bits
3.2% →
CAGEY 4.67 bits
3.0% →
MARLE 4.51 bits
2.8% →
FAIRE 4.69 bits
2.7% →
CROME 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1N1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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