5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DHONI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.

Alternative forms: dhoney, dhony, done, doney

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 DHONI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DHONI 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,969 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___I D in the 1st position and I in the 5th position D__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__I H in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STILE TALER LATER TIARE LEARE
Words starting with D Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DHONI 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,969 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DHONI ranks #3,969 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
251
186
120
104
94
82
73
64
60
60
55
42
39
38
37
34
25
23
22
22
21
20
20
18
17
14
13
12
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DHONI:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
SLATE 6.31 bits
10.6% →
STILE 5.45 bits
7.9% →
TALER 5.40 bits
5.1% →
SLATE 4.75 bits
4.4% →
LATER 5.22 bits
4.0% →
SLATE 5.21 bits
3.5% →
TIARE 4.48 bits
3.1% →
LEARE 5.03 bits
2.7% →
TARSE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
LEAST 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2H4O1N1I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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