5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DROOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To drench, to soak.

Noun

Alternative form of droke.

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 DROOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DROOK 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 348 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,438 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___K D in the 1st position and K in the 5th position D__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET TUILE SPATE ALINE CASTE
Words starting with D Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
348 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DROOK 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,438 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DROOK ranks #10,438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
16
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)
67%
Green tile
30%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

788
330
167
127
126
88
73
63
53
44
41
38
36
31
27
25
23
22
21
17
16
16
13
12
12
10
10
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROOK:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
SLATE 6.37 bits
14.0% →
SALET 5.47 bits
7.1% →
TUILE 4.84 bits
5.4% →
SPATE 4.92 bits
5.3% →
ALINE 5.42 bits
3.7% →
CASTE 4.25 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.91 bits
2.2% →
ANILE 4.77 bits
1.9% →
TUILE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1O1K5
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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