5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DURST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɝst/

Verb

simple past and past participle of dare

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 DURST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DURST 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #187 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CANOE PLANE HAOLE ANILE FLANE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DURST 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#187 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DURST ranks #187 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,073
4 guesses
1,074
5 guesses
129
6 guesses
19
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:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
33%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
276
145
136
95
70
66
66
65
65
60
58
55
53
33
33
31
31
30
29
23
21
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DURST:

19% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
6% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
ALONE 6.18 bits
11.7% →
CANOE 5.31 bits
6.1% →
PLANE 5.46 bits
5.8% →
HAOLE 5.28 bits
4.0% →
ANILE 5.53 bits
3.0% →
FLANE 4.86 bits
2.8% →
PLATE 4.70 bits
2.8% →
TIARE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
CANOE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1R1S1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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