5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DOURA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of durra.

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 DOURA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOURA 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,595 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__R_ D in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SIENT SENTE CASTE SPINE SLICE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOURA 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
0.72 Volatility
#4,595 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOURA ranks #4,595 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
AORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
29%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
304
160
160
122
116
102
60
56
55
50
49
48
48
42
29
28
27
26
25
25
23
22
22
21
20
19
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOURA:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
7% chance
Suggested:
SENTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SLATE 5.71 bits
12.9% →
SIENT 5.87 bits
6.8% →
SENTE 5.12 bits
6.8% →
CASTE 4.77 bits
5.2% →
SPINE 5.06 bits
4.9% →
SLICE 4.85 bits
4.3% →
STILE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.17 bits
2.4% →
SCOTE 3.67 bits
2.3% →
TALON 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1U1R1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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