5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DROID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹɔɪ̯d//dɹoɪ̯d//ɖɾɔ(ː)jɖ/

Noun

A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).

Noun

A person having the qualities of an android; one with few or no emotions or little personality, or who acts in an unthinking manner; a robot.

Alternative forms: 'droid

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 DROID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DROID 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,421 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET SIENT TARRE CASTE SLANT
Words starting with D Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROID 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,421 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROID ranks #8,421 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
14
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:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
31%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
262
247
171
126
119
97
70
69
45
45
44
36
28
27
24
20
19
18
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROID:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
10% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SLATE 6.43 bits
11.1% →
SALET 5.40 bits
10.5% →
SIENT 5.33 bits
7.3% →
SALET 5.11 bits
5.3% →
SLATE 4.79 bits
5.0% →
TARRE 4.58 bits
4.1% →
CASTE 5.10 bits
3.0% →
SALET 4.46 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
1.9% →
PLATE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1I1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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