5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DURAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dura

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 DURAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DURAS 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,610 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__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLINE STILE LEANT LEAST CLONE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DURAS 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
0.70 Volatility
#2,610 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DURAS ranks #2,610 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,078
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
14
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:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
25%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
256
204
181
139
125
72
66
63
61
56
50
46
42
38
35
35
33
32
30
28
23
23
22
18
17
17
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DURAS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
10.9% →
CLINE 5.45 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 4.98 bits
7.7% →
STILE 5.42 bits
5.9% →
LEANT 4.59 bits
5.3% →
LEAST 4.87 bits
3.1% →
CLONE 4.00 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.92 bits
2.7% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
2.6% →
CLOTE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1R1A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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