5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOVIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of dove (“term of endearment”).

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 DOVIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOVIE 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,299 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position DO_IE D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, I in the 4th position, and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER SLANT ARSON SALTY FINER
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOVIE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,299 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOVIE ranks #7,299 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
11
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:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
39%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
324
204
186
165
127
78
63
57
48
48
37
36
34
30
29
25
25
22
22
22
21
21
20
19
16
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOVIE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SLART 5.94 bits
13.7% →
ALTER 5.42 bits
8.7% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
7.9% →
ARSON 5.10 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.31 bits
5.4% →
SALTY 4.54 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.17 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
2.4% →
FINER 4.43 bits
2.0% →
SLART 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1V4I1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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