5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DONGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɔŋɡə//ˈdɒŋɡə//dɔŋə/

Noun

A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.

Noun

A transportable building providing accommodation for one person, often used on remote work sites or as tourist accommodation.

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 DONGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DONGA 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,393 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__G_ D in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE CLOTE STIRE STILE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DONGA 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,393 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DONGA ranks #4,393 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
18
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
25%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
430
150
134
101
82
69
60
58
53
50
47
46
39
31
30
26
25
24
23
22
21
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17
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DONGA:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SLIER 6.13 bits
18.2% →
SLATE 5.81 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 5.10 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.50 bits
4.3% →
STIRE 5.27 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.69 bits
2.9% →
SLIER 4.88 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.50 bits
2.5% →
CAROL 4.47 bits
2.2% →
SNORE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1N1G2A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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