5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DHIKR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ðikɹ/

Noun

A Sufi Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually.

Alternative forms: zikr

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 DHIKR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DHIKR 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,602 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _H__R H in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SALET COATE LEAST OLATE SLANE SLATE
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DHIKR 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,602 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DHIKR ranks #4,602 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
205
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
1 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
31%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
315
178
129
120
111
104
65
59
49
44
41
41
41
39
33
32
31
25
22
20
17
17
15
14
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10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DHIKR:

25% chance
Suggested:
SALET
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
SALET 6.37 bits
13.4% →
COATE 5.59 bits
7.5% →
SALET 5.09 bits
5.5% →
LEAST 4.35 bits
5.1% →
OLATE 5.12 bits
4.7% →
SLANE 5.29 bits
4.4% →
SLANE 5.26 bits
2.8% →
SLANE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
SLATE 5.07 bits
2.1% →
LEANT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2H4I1K5R1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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