5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOSHA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda.

Noun

Alternative spelling of dosa (“type of pancake”).

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 DOSHA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOSHA 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,628 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__H_ D in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CARLE STILE TRINE STALE CLONE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOSHA 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,628 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOSHA ranks #6,628 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
14
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
365
170
135
127
116
97
84
76
60
60
56
43
39
37
35
34
34
26
25
24
24
24
23
18
18
16
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOSHA:

17% chance
Suggested:
LINER
15% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
LINER 5.90 bits
15.5% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
7.2% →
STILE 5.36 bits
5.7% →
TRINE 5.22 bits
5.4% →
STALE 4.91 bits
4.9% →
CLONE 4.29 bits
4.1% →
CRINE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
URINE 5.04 bits
3.2% →
TALON 4.52 bits
2.5% →
TRIPE 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1S1H4A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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