5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUCAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /djuːkəl/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.

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 DUCAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUCAL 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,499 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___L D in the 1st position and L in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE TOISE STALE TRICE STONE
Words starting with D Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUCAL 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,499 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUCAL ranks #2,499 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
10
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
314
138
127
124
104
92
80
76
56
50
47
46
35
34
30
27
27
27
26
24
22
20
20
20
15
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUCAL:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TORSE 6.29 bits
13.3% →
TARSE 5.72 bits
5.9% →
TOISE 5.15 bits
5.4% →
STALE 4.81 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 5.35 bits
4.4% →
STONE 5.48 bits
3.9% →
CHARE 4.86 bits
3.4% →
GORSE 4.66 bits
3.2% →
TRIED 5.19 bits
2.4% →
NOIRE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1C3A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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