5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOGAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish origin.

Alternative forms: dogun

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 DOGAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOGAN 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,488 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N D in the 1st position and N in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE CLOTE SHITE SERAL
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOGAN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,488 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOGAN ranks #3,488 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
17
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
382
150
134
130
79
73
69
55
47
41
39
38
36
35
27
25
24
24
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOGAN:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SLIER 6.13 bits
16.2% →
SLATE 5.75 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 5.10 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.50 bits
5.5% →
SHITE 5.12 bits
3.4% →
SERAL 4.57 bits
3.1% →
CASTE 4.37 bits
2.9% →
SLIER 4.88 bits
2.3% →
VALOR 4.42 bits
2.0% →
PAIRE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1G2A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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