5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DONER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒn.ə//ˈdoʊ.nɚ//ˈdʌn.ə/

Noun

Doner kebab.

Noun

Goner; someone who is done for.

Adjective

comparative form of done: more done

Alternative forms: döner

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 DONER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DONER 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #413 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position DO_ER D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE TEASE SAINT STOOL SALTY
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DONER 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#413 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DONER ranks #413 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,094
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
13
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:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
34%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
257
164
136
112
94
87
81
53
51
50
47
47
42
41
35
30
27
26
25
24
24
24
23
22
18
18
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DONER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SAULT 5.93 bits
10.9% →
SLATE 5.96 bits
7.0% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
5.8% →
TEASE 4.77 bits
4.7% →
SAINT 5.37 bits
4.0% →
STOOL 5.11 bits
3.7% →
SALTY 4.55 bits
3.4% →
SAULT 3.81 bits
2.2% →
LEAST 4.46 bits
2.2% →
SEINE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1N1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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