5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DROOB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An ineffectual or unattractive person; a dag.

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 DROOB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DROOB 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 65.9% of games, misses completely in 34.1%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,031 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

SLANE SALET LEANT CASTE ANILE ALINE
Words starting with D Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROOB 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,031 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROOB ranks #9,031 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
13
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
27%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

803
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153
126
111
96
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37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROOB:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.1% →
SLANE 6.28 bits
13.4% →
SALET 5.46 bits
6.5% →
LEANT 4.98 bits
5.3% →
CASTE 5.15 bits
4.7% →
ANILE 5.39 bits
4.1% →
ALINE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
STALE 4.86 bits
3.5% →
CASTE 4.20 bits
1.8% →
TUILE 4.57 bits
1.6% →
PLANE 3.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1O1B3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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