5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ADOZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈdoʊz/

Adjective

Dozing, napping, asleep.

Adverb

Dozing, napping, asleep.

“He lay adoze, rousing only when someone came too close.”

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 ADOZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADOZE 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,728 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

A___E A in the 1st position and E in the 5th position A__Z_ A in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _D__E D in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SPILT SLART SETER COURT METAL SIREN
Words starting with A Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ADOZE 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,728 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ADOZE ranks #11,728 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
674
4 guesses
1,330
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

334
312
263
149
144
136
121
109
79
77
70
56
51
48
39
38
32
31
26
24
23
17
17
16
13
12
10
10
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADOZE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
11% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
SPILT 5.70 bits
13.2% →
SLART 5.26 bits
11.2% →
SETER 5.57 bits
6.3% →
COURT 4.87 bits
6.1% →
METAL 4.64 bits
5.8% →
SIREN 4.55 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
4.6% →
SLART 4.60 bits
3.4% →
CAROL 4.56 bits
3.3% →
MOWER 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2O1Z10E1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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