5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DOYEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɪ.ən//dɔɪˈɛn//dwɑˈjæ̃/

Noun

The senior, or eldest male member of a group.

Noun

A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

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 DOYEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOYEN 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,598 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___N D in the 1st position and N in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ACTOR STAIR SAULT SHART SAICE
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOYEN 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,598 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOYEN ranks #3,598 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
195
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:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
32%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
353
160
146
146
124
81
73
64
53
42
40
40
39
34
34
29
27
27
25
24
23
23
22
20
18
18
17
15
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOYEN:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
ACTOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
SLART 5.96 bits
15.0% →
SLART 6.18 bits
6.8% →
ACTOR 5.01 bits
6.2% →
STAIR 4.60 bits
6.2% →
SAULT 4.85 bits
5.3% →
SAULT 5.28 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.59 bits
3.1% →
SAICE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.27 bits
2.2% →
LEARE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1Y4E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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