5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUKAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of duka

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 DUKAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUKAS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,547 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RONTE CARTE STIRE SLATE TRONE RIONE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUKAS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,547 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUKAS ranks #8,547 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
236
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
384
222
141
106
101
93
89
63
60
52
50
37
33
31
28
24
23
19
18
17
16
15
11
11
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUKAS:

23% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
16% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
RONTE 6.05 bits
16.3% →
CARTE 5.49 bits
9.4% →
STIRE 5.48 bits
6.0% →
SLATE 4.94 bits
4.5% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
4.3% →
RIONE 5.21 bits
3.9% →
CLOTE 4.33 bits
3.8% →
CLOTE 4.80 bits
2.7% →
BRINE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1K5A1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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