5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DOTES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dəʊts//doʊts/

Noun

plural of dote

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dote

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 DOTES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOTES 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,914 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

Try next

CAIRN LEARE SHALY ACORN RAINY TAINT
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOTES 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,914 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOTES ranks #1,914 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
164
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:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
32%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
241
152
125
122
116
92
90
82
74
55
54
51
49
41
36
34
34
32
32
27
27
26
26
23
22
22
20
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOTES:

13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
10% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
CAIRN 5.92 bits
10.2% →
LEARE 5.48 bits
6.4% →
SHALY 4.99 bits
5.3% →
ACORN 5.13 bits
5.2% →
RAINY 4.37 bits
4.9% →
TAINT 5.26 bits
3.9% →
CHARE 4.95 bits
3.8% →
SPARE 4.71 bits
3.5% →
CLARY 4.74 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1T1E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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