Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

DROUK

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

No dictionary definition for DROUK is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use DROUK in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How DROUK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DROUK 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,689 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe DROUK used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.40 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DROUK 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#5,689 Rank among openers
Opening with DROUK solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.68 average. It ranks #5,689 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

DROUK can come back 78 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

610 answers
266 answers
180 answers
163 answers
108 answers
102 answers
98 answers
98 answers
52 answers
46 answers
42 answers
38 answers
35 answers
31 answers
30 answers
27 answers
27 answers
27 answers
24 answers
24 answers
20 answers
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12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1O1U1K5
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing DROUK

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DROUK.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DROUK:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
SLATE 6.39 bits
11.2% →
SALET 5.44 bits
7.6% →
LEANT 5.14 bits
6.8% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
4.5% →
TARRE 4.45 bits
4.3% →
SPITE 4.87 bits
4.1% →
SLATE 4.84 bits
4.1% →
ALINE 5.33 bits
2.2% →
SABLE 4.43 bits
1.9% →
SLANT 4.78 bits

Research on DROUK

Game-tree analysis and word research for DROUK, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DROUK, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.71 guesses and ranks #5,835 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DROUK can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.68, at or below the proven-optimal 3.71, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).