5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DURUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdjuːɹəm//ˈdʌ.ɹəm/

Noun

Ellipsis of durum wheat.

“durum pasta”

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 DURUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DURUM 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 64.0% of games, misses completely in 36.0%, and leaves about 413 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,724 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__U_ D in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__M U in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAICE MOILE ANILE CASTE SLANT
Words starting with D Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.59 Entropy (bits)
413 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DURUM 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,724 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DURUM ranks #11,724 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
22%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

848
423
129
119
102
99
88
66
46
42
42
37
32
24
20
19
17
16
16
15
15
15
13
11
8
8
7
6
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DURUM:

36% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
18% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
5% chance
Suggested:
MOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.0% →
SLANE 6.27 bits
17.9% →
SAICE 5.38 bits
5.5% →
MOILE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
ANILE 5.47 bits
4.3% →
CASTE 5.05 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
3.7% →
SALTY 4.39 bits
2.8% →
IRADE 4.62 bits
2.0% →
TOILE 4.84 bits
1.8% →
MAIRE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1R1U1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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