5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of doum

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 DOUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOUMS 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,271 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__M_ D in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOUMS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,271 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOUMS ranks #5,271 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
198
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

648
287
181
125
120
116
73
72
55
54
45
41
38
33
32
27
27
25
24
22
22
22
18
18
15
13
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOUMS:

27% 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.

27.5% →
TALER 6.13 bits
12.2% →
STALE 5.68 bits
7.7% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
5.3% →
CARLE 4.64 bits
5.1% →
ANILE 4.96 bits
4.9% →
RAILE 5.53 bits
3.1% →
TROPE 4.13 bits
3.1% →
RAILE 5.12 bits
2.3% →
IRATE 5.02 bits
2.3% →
TRACE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1U1M3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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