5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOOLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /duːl/

Noun

sorrow; dole

Noun

A rest; a short nap.

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 DOOLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOOLE 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,911 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR SLAIN LATER MANOR SHART
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOOLE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,911 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOOLE ranks #6,911 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
227
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
43%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
294
205
165
114
89
86
70
60
59
55
44
42
36
30
30
30
28
27
27
25
22
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOOLE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
SAINT 6.20 bits
12.5% →
STAIR 5.30 bits
8.7% →
STAIR 5.12 bits
7.0% →
SLAIN 5.10 bits
4.8% →
LATER 4.55 bits
3.8% →
MANOR 5.18 bits
3.6% →
SHART 4.55 bits
3.0% →
SCORN 4.43 bits
2.5% →
SAURY 4.30 bits
2.5% →
STAIR 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1O1L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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