5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOEKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of doek. This is the anglicised form; cf. doeke

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 DOEKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOEKS 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,743 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL SAULT TALON STAIR CLARY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOEKS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,743 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOEKS ranks #8,743 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
15
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
381
188
161
126
119
71
65
64
61
55
51
48
45
35
34
32
28
28
25
24
22
20
18
18
15
14
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOEKS:

18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
RAILE 5.53 bits
16.2% →
TRAIL 5.91 bits
8.0% →
SAULT 5.36 bits
6.8% →
TALON 5.16 bits
5.3% →
STAIR 4.81 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.49 bits
3.0% →
RAILE 4.83 bits
2.8% →
TRACE 4.68 bits
2.7% →
NADIR 4.70 bits
2.6% →
TRONE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1E1K5S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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