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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DOUBT

Yes, DOUBT was the Wordle answer on September 15, 2022 (Wordle #453).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /daʊt//dʌʊt/

Verb

To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.

“He doubted that was really what you meant.”

Verb

To harbour suspicion about; suspect.

Noun

Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

“There was some doubt as to who the child's real father was.”

Noun

A point of uncertainty, especially a yes/no or a multiple-choice question

“Ma'am, I have a doubt about today's lecture”

Alternative forms: dout

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 15, 2022 (#453).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DOUBT performs as a guess

DOUBT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,168 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__B_ D in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TARTE CRANE SILER CARLE SERAL
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOUBT 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,168 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOUBT ranks #4,168 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
17
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:
OTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
31%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
D O U B T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DOUBT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

645
209
191
131
123
122
105
84
59
50
46
35
28
26
25
21
21
20
20
20
20
19
17
17
17
15
15
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOUBT:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
RAILE 6.13 bits
8.9% →
TARTE 5.57 bits
8.1% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
5.6% →
SILER 4.97 bits
5.2% →
CARLE 4.82 bits
5.2% →
SERAL 5.23 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 5.24 bits
2.5% →
SLANE 4.56 bits
2.1% →
PHARE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1U1B3T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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