5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOWAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of douar.

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 DOWAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOWAR 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,844 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE SEITY STARE TUILE TRIPE
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOWAR 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,844 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOWAR ranks #5,844 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
238
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
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
348
194
129
127
121
67
65
62
58
49
42
37
36
34
29
28
22
22
22
22
20
19
17
16
15
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOWAR:

18% chance
Suggested:
STILE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SEITY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
STILE 6.07 bits
14.8% →
SLATE 5.60 bits
8.2% →
SEITY 5.42 bits
5.5% →
STARE 4.59 bits
5.4% →
STILE 5.08 bits
5.1% →
TUILE 4.50 bits
2.8% →
TRIPE 4.29 bits
2.8% →
TUILE 5.02 bits
2.6% →
SEINE 3.63 bits
2.5% →
SIENT 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1W4A1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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