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DWARF

Yes, DWARF was the Wordle answer on June 30, 2021 (Wordle #11).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dwɔɹf//dwɔːf/

Noun

Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

Noun

A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

Adjective

Miniature.

“The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.”

Verb

To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 30, 2021 (#11).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DWARF performs as a guess

DWARF is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,661 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D__R_ D in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE SALET TOISE SLICE LATER TUILE
Words starting with D Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DWARF 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,661 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DWARF ranks #8,661 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
13
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
A W A R D
D W A R F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DWARF in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

602
301
293
144
138
88
61
59
50
47
47
44
39
36
33
29
26
25
21
18
17
17
17
14
14
13
13
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DWARF:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
12.8% →
SALET 5.32 bits
12.4% →
TOISE 5.45 bits
6.1% →
SLICE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
LATER 4.68 bits
3.7% →
TUILE 5.25 bits
2.6% →
TUILE 4.94 bits
2.5% →
SHOTE 4.72 bits
2.1% →
ALONE 4.36 bits
2.0% →
SINCE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2W4A1R1F4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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