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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DOING

Yes, DOING was the Wordle answer on January 14, 2024 (Wordle #939).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈduːɪŋ//ˈdiːɪn//dɔɪŋ/

Verb

present participle and gerund of do

Noun

A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.

“Draining that swamp is going to take some doing!”

Interjection

The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.

Alternative forms: dein, deein, doïng

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 14, 2024 (#939).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DOING performs as a guess

DOING is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,278 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___G D in the 1st position and G in the 5th position D__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__G O in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE CARTE SALET CASER GLARE BRAES
Words starting with D Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOING 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,278 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOING ranks #3,278 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
16
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
31%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
D O D G Y
D O I N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DOING in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

673
186
151
149
126
104
82
70
68
54
52
40
40
26
26
26
24
23
22
21
21
20
20
19
15
14
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOING:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
6% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
SLATE 6.43 bits
7.9% →
CARTE 5.29 bits
6.4% →
SALET 5.22 bits
6.3% →
CARTE 4.79 bits
5.3% →
SLATE 5.05 bits
4.4% →
CASER 5.07 bits
3.5% →
GLARE 5.13 bits
3.0% →
BRAES 5.03 bits
2.9% →
CATER 4.53 bits
2.3% →
LEAST 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1I1N1G2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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