5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DONAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A larrikin's girlfriend.

Alternative forms: dona

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 DONAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DONAH 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,200 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___H D in the 1st position and H in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE SILER STIRE TALER
Words starting with D Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DONAH 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
#3,200 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DONAH ranks #3,200 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
349
139
123
119
85
82
80
76
55
52
49
44
44
42
38
35
28
26
24
23
23
20
19
17
15
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DONAH:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
SLIER 6.13 bits
14.8% →
SLATE 5.60 bits
5.9% →
TRICE 5.05 bits
5.2% →
SILER 4.57 bits
5.0% →
STIRE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
STIRE 4.70 bits
3.5% →
STIRE 5.40 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.63 bits
3.2% →
SLIER 4.86 bits
2.3% →
VALOR 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1N1A1H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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