5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DOPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dope

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of 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 DOPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOPES 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,684 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DO_ES D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN LEARE SAULT BARON LATER SLART
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOPES 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,684 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOPES ranks #3,684 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
9
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

368
306
182
153
132
111
108
64
59
56
51
46
45
41
41
37
34
28
28
28
27
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23
21
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17
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15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOPES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
CAIRN 5.94 bits
13.0% →
LEARE 5.53 bits
7.7% →
SAULT 5.31 bits
6.5% →
BARON 5.30 bits
5.6% →
LATER 4.58 bits
4.7% →
SLART 5.02 bits
4.6% →
CLARY 4.56 bits
2.7% →
PLAIT 4.83 bits
2.5% →
GEARE 4.57 bits
2.4% →
LURID 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1P3E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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