5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DORES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 DORES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DORES 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,034 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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

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PAINT ELATE SAULT SLANT TRAIN TRACE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DORES 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,034 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DORES ranks #2,034 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
220
172
108
106
106
93
88
87
74
60
48
45
43
41
41
35
27
22
22
22
21
21
21
20
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19
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DORES:

13% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
ELATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
PAINT 5.76 bits
9.3% →
ELATE 5.51 bits
7.3% →
SAULT 5.26 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
4.5% →
TRAIN 5.06 bits
4.5% →
TRACE 4.85 bits
3.9% →
LEANT 3.67 bits
3.7% →
TALON 5.04 bits
3.7% →
HOTLY 3.90 bits
3.1% →
GROAN 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1R1E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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