5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUBBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌboʊ/

Noun

A foolish person.

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 DUBBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUBBO 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 58.6% of games, misses completely in 41.4%, and leaves about 503 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,721 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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 5th position D__B_ D in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOLER SLANT RAINE SCALE CARLE
Words starting with D Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.29 Entropy (bits)
503 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUBBO 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,721 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUBBO ranks #13,721 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
643
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
377
6 guesses
23
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:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
17%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

976
399
151
130
118
84
59
53
49
38
35
27
18
18
18
17
15
15
13
12
12
9
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUBBO:

41% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
17% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
6% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.4% →
TARSE 6.27 bits
16.9% →
SOLER 5.15 bits
6.4% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
5.5% →
RAINE 5.42 bits
5.0% →
SCALE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 5.09 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.91 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.42 bits
2.1% →
EARLY 4.27 bits
1.6% →
ROATE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1B3B3O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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