5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DWALM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A swoon; a sudden sickness.

Verb

To fail in health.

Alternative forms: dwaum

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 DWALM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DWALM 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 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,158 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TOISE CARTE CRISE RONTE MOIRE URINE
Words starting with D Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DWALM 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,158 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DWALM ranks #6,158 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
7

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

672
264
178
141
131
111
92
70
61
58
56
56
48
26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DWALM:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
TOISE 6.18 bits
11.2% →
CARTE 5.46 bits
7.5% →
CRISE 4.97 bits
6.0% →
CRISE 5.18 bits
5.6% →
RONTE 4.60 bits
4.7% →
MOIRE 5.22 bits
3.9% →
URINE 5.27 bits
3.0% →
SUITE 4.58 bits
2.6% →
URITE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
CRISE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2W4A1L1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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