5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DORAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The sea bream.

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 DORAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DORAD 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___D D in the 1st position and D in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE SIENT CLOTE TRINE SHUTE
Words starting with D Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DORAD 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DORAD ranks #10,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
21
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
372
206
154
143
130
92
69
64
53
41
34
33
32
31
30
27
27
26
15
15
13
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DORAD:

20% chance
Suggested:
STILE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
STILE 6.09 bits
15.8% →
SLATE 5.61 bits
8.7% →
SIENT 5.27 bits
6.5% →
SLATE 4.59 bits
6.1% →
STILE 5.02 bits
5.5% →
CLOTE 4.45 bits
3.9% →
TRINE 4.47 bits
2.9% →
SHUTE 4.66 bits
2.7% →
SIENT 4.49 bits
2.2% →
TALON 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1R1A1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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