5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DOGGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 71.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡəʊ//ˈdɔɡoʊ//ˈdɑ-/

Adverb

Only used in lie doggo and play doggo.

Noun

A dog.

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 DOGGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOGGO 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 48.5% of games, misses completely in 51.5%, and leaves about 684 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,183 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___O D in the 1st position and O in the 5th position D__G_ D in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TARSE CARET ARIEL SLANE IRATE
Words starting with D Words ending with O

First-turn measures

2.93 Entropy (bits)
684 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
71.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOGGO 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,183 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOGGO ranks #14,183 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
580
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
409
6 guesses
22
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
48%
Green tile
23%
All gray
52%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1215
236
174
162
105
73
45
32
31
30
30
27
26
25
13
12
12
9
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOGGO:

52% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

51.5% →
SLATE 6.26 bits
10.0% →
TARSE 5.23 bits
7.4% →
CARET 4.85 bits
6.9% →
ARIEL 5.45 bits
4.5% →
SLANE 5.10 bits
3.1% →
IRATE 5.09 bits
1.9% →
TALER 4.65 bits
1.4% →
SLANE 4.13 bits
1.3% →
CRINE 4.26 bits
1.3% →
CARPE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1G2G2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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