5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUING

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 DUING performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUING 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 66.8% of games, misses completely in 33.2%, and leaves about 314 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,955 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___G D in the 1st position and G in the 5th position D__N_ D in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

TARSE SALET SOREL CLOSE SLATE SOARE
Words starting with D Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
314 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUING 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,955 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUING ranks #4,955 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
15
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:
INU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
28%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

784
163
148
137
126
94
87
83
68
49
42
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27
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUING:

33% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.2% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
6.9% →
SALET 5.16 bits
6.3% →
SOREL 5.32 bits
5.8% →
CLOSE 5.32 bits
5.3% →
SLATE 5.08 bits
4.0% →
SOARE 5.09 bits
3.7% →
MARLE 4.52 bits
3.5% →
GLARE 5.24 bits
2.9% →
CANER 4.44 bits
2.1% →
CRATE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1I1N1G2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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