5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUKUN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Malay shaman or witch doctor.

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 DUKUN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUKUN 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 54.5% of games, misses completely in 45.5%, and leaves about 552 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,166 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___N D in the 1st position and N in the 5th position D__U_ D in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TOILE ARIEL CARSE SOREL TORSE
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.19 Entropy (bits)
552 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUKUN 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#13,166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUKUN ranks #13,166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
662
4 guesses
1,334
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
19
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:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
21%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1072
248
172
118
115
102
102
71
56
37
33
31
21
20
15
12
12
12
10
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9
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6
6
6
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5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUKUN:

45% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.5% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
10.5% →
TOILE 5.44 bits
7.3% →
ARIEL 5.65 bits
5.0% →
CARSE 5.25 bits
4.9% →
SOREL 4.58 bits
4.3% →
ARIEL 5.07 bits
4.3% →
TORSE 5.17 bits
3.0% →
ORATE 5.06 bits
2.4% →
STORE 4.80 bits
1.6% →
SLANT 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1K5U1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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