5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DROKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An alley.

Noun

A narrow valley with steep sides, sometimes with a stream.

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 DROKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DROKE 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,599 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT LEAST SAULT SALET TONAL CAROM
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROKE 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
0.68 Volatility
#3,599 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROKE ranks #3,599 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
187
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

409
199
180
171
157
110
80
74
68
58
52
49
44
40
36
35
32
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROKE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SAINT 6.10 bits
8.4% →
LEAST 5.35 bits
7.6% →
SAULT 5.39 bits
7.3% →
SALET 4.52 bits
6.7% →
TONAL 4.95 bits
4.7% →
SAULT 5.16 bits
3.4% →
CAROM 4.43 bits
3.1% →
SHALT 4.71 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.60 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1K5E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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