5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DWAUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of dwalm.

Verb

Alternative form of dwalm.

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 DWAUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DWAUM 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,322 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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

Try next

SIREN TALER CRUST SLICE MOIRE SLIER
Words starting with D Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DWAUM 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,322 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DWAUM ranks #9,322 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
775
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
10
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:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
23%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
374
219
198
94
89
80
59
55
55
50
40
39
36
29
24
24
22
16
14
13
12
12
12
8
8
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DWAUM:

28% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
16% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
CRUST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
SIREN 6.03 bits
15.9% →
TALER 5.59 bits
9.3% →
CRUST 5.11 bits
8.4% →
SLICE 5.15 bits
4.0% →
MOIRE 5.28 bits
3.8% →
SLIER 5.10 bits
3.4% →
SNORE 5.03 bits
2.5% →
CANER 4.44 bits
2.3% →
RAILE 4.48 bits
2.3% →
TRONE 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2W4A1U1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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