5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DONOR

Yes, DONOR was the Wordle answer on June 13, 2022 (Wordle #359).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊnə//ˈdoʊnɚ//ˈdəʉnə/

Noun

One who makes a donation.

“The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.”

Noun

An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts.

Alternative forms: donour

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 13, 2022 (#359).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DONOR performs as a guess

DONOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,028 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEAST SALET SAULT LAIDE THALE
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DONOR 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,028 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DONOR ranks #6,028 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
14
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:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
31%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D U C H Y
D O N O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DONOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

641
324
185
105
101
98
93
78
61
50
41
36
35
33
27
23
23
23
22
21
21
19
18
18
14
13
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11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DONOR:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
SLATE 6.51 bits
13.7% →
LEAST 5.61 bits
7.8% →
SALET 5.48 bits
4.5% →
SAULT 4.22 bits
4.3% →
LAIDE 5.24 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 5.21 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.66 bits
3.3% →
SAICE 4.60 bits
2.6% →
PEART 4.51 bits
2.1% →
IRATE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1N1O1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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