5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DUKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of duke

Noun

One's parents.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of duke

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 DUKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUKES 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DU_ES D in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE SLART SOLAR LAIRY COURT
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUKES 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUKES ranks #9,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
244
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:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
335
201
183
142
86
85
81
64
63
46
45
43
40
39
33
31
31
21
18
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUKES:

21% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
TALON 5.98 bits
14.2% →
LEARE 5.48 bits
8.5% →
SLART 5.29 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 3.97 bits
6.0% →
SLART 4.95 bits
3.6% →
LAIRY 4.93 bits
3.6% →
COURT 4.96 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 4.11 bits
2.7% →
LEARE 4.78 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1K5E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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