5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOUKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% 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 DOUKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOUKS 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 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,320 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER STALE TRONE ANILE RAILE PEART
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOUKS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,320 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOUKS ranks #8,320 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
12
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
25%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

673
275
192
148
132
125
69
61
56
56
49
42
35
35
34
33
24
23
23
22
19
16
15
15
12
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOUKS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
TALER 6.13 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.75 bits
8.1% →
TRONE 5.29 bits
6.3% →
TALER 4.60 bits
5.6% →
ANILE 4.96 bits
5.3% →
RAILE 5.54 bits
2.9% →
PEART 4.19 bits
2.6% →
CARLE 5.15 bits
2.4% →
TARGE 4.79 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1U1K5S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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