5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUXES

DUXES 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

Noun

plural of dux

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 DUXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUXES 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,896 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DU_ES D in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE SLART LATER COURT CLARY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUXES 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,896 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUXES ranks #11,896 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
24
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:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

547
357
238
188
155
94
91
87
64
54
46
46
42
33
31
24
18
18
18
17
14
13
11
11
10
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUXES:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
CAROL 6.01 bits
15.1% →
LEARE 5.45 bits
10.1% →
SLART 5.21 bits
8.0% →
LATER 4.37 bits
6.6% →
SLART 4.89 bits
4.0% →
COURT 4.95 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.24 bits
3.7% →
LAIRY 4.92 bits
2.7% →
LEARE 4.78 bits
2.3% →
SHUNT 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1X8E1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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