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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DWAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 DWAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DWAMS 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,231 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__M_ D in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _W__S W in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER ROUET TRICE URINE STILE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DWAMS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,231 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DWAMS ranks #7,231 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
200
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
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
22%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
333
280
118
110
87
87
84
64
63
56
54
36
27
24
23
19
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12
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DWAMS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
14.1% →
TALER 5.56 bits
11.9% →
ROUET 5.51 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.16 bits
4.7% →
URINE 5.34 bits
3.7% →
ROUET 5.16 bits
3.7% →
STILE 4.32 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.77 bits
2.7% →
URITE 4.95 bits
2.7% →
RONTE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2W4A1M3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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