5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOWAK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A non-returning throwstick.

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 DOWAK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOWAK 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,549 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___K D in the 1st position and K in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__K O in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SILER TARSE STIRE CRUET URITE TALER
Words starting with D Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOWAK 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,549 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOWAK ranks #10,549 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
275
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

601
457
190
173
93
90
79
64
51
46
46
38
33
32
27
26
24
21
17
17
17
17
16
16
11
11
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOWAK:

25% chance
Suggested:
SILER
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
SILER 5.97 bits
19.4% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
8.1% →
STIRE 5.28 bits
7.3% →
CRUET 4.76 bits
3.9% →
URITE 5.01 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.67 bits
3.4% →
MANOR 4.54 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 4.55 bits
2.2% →
SHIEL 5.03 bits
2.0% →
CRUSE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1W4A1K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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