5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOSAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dosa

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 DOSAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOSAS 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,101 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CARLE TRINE CRUET THALE URINE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOSAS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,101 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOSAS ranks #11,101 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
16
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
383
191
161
151
132
90
80
75
71
56
47
34
27
26
26
23
21
19
16
16
14
14
13
13
11
11
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOSAS:

21% chance
Suggested:
LINER
16% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
LINER 5.88 bits
16.2% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
8.1% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
6.8% →
TRINE 5.29 bits
6.4% →
CRUET 4.62 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.68 bits
3.8% →
URINE 5.09 bits
3.4% →
RENAL 4.52 bits
3.2% →
BARON 4.65 bits
3.0% →
TRIPE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1S1A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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