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

DONUT

Yes, DONUT was the Wordle answer on July 7, 2023 (Wordle #748).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊnʌt//ˈdoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/

Noun

Alternative spelling of doughnut.

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: July 7, 2023 (#748).

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

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How DONUT performs as a guess

DONUT 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,737 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__U_ D in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TARTE SACRE SURLY SLIER MARLE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DONUT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,737 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DONUT ranks #1,737 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
984
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
17
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:
NOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
32%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
D O N U T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DONUT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

539
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142
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110
103
98
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DONUT:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE
6% chance
Suggested:
SACRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
CARLE 6.30 bits
8.2% →
TARTE 5.66 bits
6.0% →
SACRE 5.14 bits
6.0% →
SURLY 4.88 bits
5.6% →
SLIER 5.26 bits
4.7% →
MARLE 4.63 bits
4.4% →
SERAL 5.35 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
2.9% →
ARISE 4.47 bits
2.6% →
SLICE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1N1U1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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