5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DAKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of dicker (“unit of 10 items”).

Alternative forms: dakir

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 DAKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAKER 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,093 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST STILE SLANT COURT SONLY TOISE
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAKER 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
#6,093 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAKER ranks #6,093 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
12
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
224
162
151
120
119
113
88
84
73
61
57
54
41
38
31
30
27
27
26
24
23
22
21
20
20
19
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAKER:

15% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
HOIST 5.86 bits
9.5% →
STILE 5.30 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
6.4% →
COURT 5.16 bits
5.1% →
SONLY 4.57 bits
5.0% →
TOISE 4.60 bits
4.8% →
SLATE 5.04 bits
3.7% →
SOILY 3.47 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.42 bits
3.1% →
BETEL 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1K5E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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