5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DONAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of 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 DONAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DONAS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,804 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE CARLE STILE THALE CLOTE URITE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DONAS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,804 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DONAS ranks #1,804 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
969
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
151
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
289
180
135
115
109
92
72
71
61
59
51
51
45
43
42
39
37
25
25
24
23
22
18
18
17
17
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DONAS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
TRICE 6.04 bits
12.3% →
CARLE 5.54 bits
7.6% →
STILE 5.39 bits
5.7% →
THALE 4.96 bits
4.9% →
CLOTE 4.45 bits
4.6% →
TRICE 4.98 bits
3.9% →
URITE 5.13 bits
3.1% →
URITE 4.92 bits
3.0% →
TRICE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
CRUET 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1N1A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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