5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOCUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of docu

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 DOCUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOCUS 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,555 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__U_ D in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER STALE TRONE CHARE PLANE RAILE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOCUS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,555 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOCUS ranks #5,555 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
283
172
168
138
115
114
73
65
53
40
39
38
35
34
30
27
23
23
22
22
20
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOCUS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
TALER 6.17 bits
12.0% →
STALE 5.73 bits
7.3% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
7.1% →
CHARE 5.46 bits
5.8% →
PLANE 5.01 bits
4.9% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.8% →
RAILE 5.48 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.39 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.15 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1C3U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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