5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DONNA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒn.ə//ˈdɑ.nə/

Noun

A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

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 DONNA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DONNA 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,774 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE STORE CLOTE URITE RAILE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DONNA 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,774 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DONNA ranks #9,774 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
485
174
156
84
71
66
65
63
61
49
42
38
36
35
25
24
21
21
20
20
19
16
14
13
13
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DONNA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
21% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
SLIER 6.10 bits
20.6% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
7.4% →
STORE 5.06 bits
6.6% →
CLOTE 4.44 bits
3.6% →
URITE 4.93 bits
3.0% →
SLIER 4.92 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 4.55 bits
2.8% →
SLIER 4.74 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.36 bits
2.6% →
CAROL 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1N1N1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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