5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DOVED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% 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 DOVED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOVED 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 335 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___D D in the 1st position and D in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position DO_ED D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLART ARSON STAIR SALTY SNORE
Words starting with D Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
335 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOVED 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOVED ranks #13,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
638
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
367
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
31%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

669
463
227
186
151
75
54
36
35
35
35
29
28
28
23
20
19
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOVED:

28% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
SAINT 6.05 bits
19.6% →
SLART 5.83 bits
9.6% →
ARSON 5.16 bits
7.9% →
STAIR 4.65 bits
6.4% →
SALTY 4.49 bits
3.2% →
SNORE 4.24 bits
2.3% →
GEARE 4.31 bits
1.5% →
SLANE 4.06 bits
1.5% →
BLARE 4.06 bits
1.5% →
MOWER 2.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1V4E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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