5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DOPER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who uses performance enhancing substances for competitive gain, especially illegally.

Noun

One who frequently uses recreational drugs; a druggie; a stoner.

Adjective

comparative form of dope: more dope

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 DOPER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOPER 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #729 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position DO_ER D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE SAULT TEASE SLANT SALTY
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOPER 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#729 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOPER ranks #729 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
13
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
280
155
133
114
98
79
73
65
64
52
52
46
45
36
34
27
25
23
23
23
22
22
21
21
20
19
19
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOPER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SAINT 6.16 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.76 bits
6.6% →
SAULT 5.25 bits
5.6% →
TEASE 4.78 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 4.46 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 3.80 bits
3.1% →
PLAIN 4.89 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1P3E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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