DO puts a consonant and a vowel in the opening positions, and unlike most CV pairs it takes a consonant in the third almost every time. That keeps the vowels hidden longer, so the 5 letter words starting with DO need the third and the fifth positions tested together.
R and W lead the third position between them. Doing, Doubt, Downs and Doris cover both, and most of the repeats worth avoiding are a doubled O or a doubled D.
There are 152 five letter words starting with DO. Doing, Doubt, Dozen, Downs and Dough are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. DOR and DOW hold the deepest runs, so test R and W in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With DO
D and O confirm one vowel and leave three slots, and the third takes a consonant in almost every case. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Doabs | Doats | Dobby | Dobes |
| Dobie | Dobla | Dobra | Dobro |
| Docht | Docks | Docos | Docus |
| Doddy | Dodge | Dodgy | Dodos |
| Doeks | Doers | Doest | Doeth |
| Doffs | Doges | Dogey | Doggo |
| Doggy | Dogie | Dogma | Dohyo |
| Doilt | Doily | Doing | Doits |
| Dojos | Dolce | Dolci | Doled |
| Doles | Dolia | Dolls | Dolly |
| Dolma | Dolor | Dolos | Dolts |
| Domal | Domed | Domes | Domic |
| Donah | Donas | Donee | Doner |
| Donga | Dongs | Donko | Donna |
| Donne | Donny | Donor | Donsy |
| Donut | Doobs | Dooce | Doody |
| Dooks | Doole | Dools | Dooly |
| Dooms | Doomy | Doona | Doorn |
| Doors | Doozy | Dopas | Doped |
| Doper | Dopes | Dopey | Dorad |
| Dorba | Dorbs | Doree | Dores |
| Doric | Doris | Dorks | Dorky |
| Dorms | Dormy | Dorps | Dorrs |
| Dorsa | Dorse | Dorts | Dorty |
| Dosai | Dosas | Dosed | Doseh |
| Doser | Doses | Dosha | Dotal |
| Doted | Doter | Dotes | Dotty |
| Douar | Doubt | Douce | Doucs |
| Dough | Douks | Doula | Douma |
| Doums | Doups | Doura | Douse |
| Douts | Doved | Doven | Dover |
| Doves | Dovie | Dowar | Dowds |
| Dowdy | Dowed | Dowel | Dower |
| Dowie | Dowle | Dowls | Dowly |
| Downa | Downs | Downy | Dowps |
| Dowry | Dowse | Dowts | Doxed |
| Doxes | Doxie | Doyen | Doyly |
| Dozed | Dozen | Dozer | Dozes |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO By Third Letter
R and W lead the third slot, with N, O and U following at a similar distance. Five letter words with O as the second letter leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With DOL
| Dolls | Dolly | Dolce |
| Dolci | Doled | Doles |
| Dolma | Dolor | Dolts |
| Dolia | Dolos |
5 Letter Words Starting With DON
| Donna | Donor | Donne |
| Donny | Donut | Donee |
| Doner | Donga | Dongs |
| Donah | Donas | Donko |
| Donsy |
5 Letter Words Starting With DOO
| Doors | Doody | Dooly |
| Dooms | Doomy | Doona |
| Doorn | Doozy | Doobs |
| Dooce | Dooks | Doole |
| Dools |
5 Letter Words Starting With DOR
| Doris | Doric | Dorks |
| Dorky | Dorms | Dores |
| Dorsa | Dorad | Dorba |
| Dorbs | Doree | Dormy |
| Dorps | Dorrs | Dorse |
| Dorts | Dorty |
5 Letter Words Starting With DOU
| Doubt | Dough | Douse |
| Douce | Doula | Douma |
| Douar | Doucs | Douks |
| Doums | Doups | Doura |
| Douts |
5 Letter Words Starting With DOW
| Downs | Downy | Dowry |
| Dowdy | Dowel | Dower |
| Dowie | Dowse | Dowar |
| Dowds | Dowed | Dowle |
| Dowls | Dowly | Downa |
| Dowps | Dowts |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO By Ending Letter
S closes 51 of these, a third of the set, with Y and E following. Five letter words with R in the middle looks at that position on its own.
5 Letter Words Starting With DO Ending In S
| Docks | Dolls | Doors |
| Doris | Doses | Downs |
| Doers | Domes | Dorks |
| Dorms | Doves | Dodos |
| Doges | Dojos | Doles |
| Dolts | Dongs | Dooms |
| Dopes | Dores | Dosas |
| Dotes | Dozes | Doabs |
| Doats | Dobes | Docos |
| Docus | Doeks | Doffs |
| Doits | Dolos | Donas |
| Doobs | Dooks | Dools |
| Dopas | Dorbs | Dorps |
| Dorrs | Dorts | Doucs |
| Douks | Doums | Doups |
| Douts | Dowds | Dowls |
| Dowps | Dowts | Doxes |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO Ending In Y
| Dolly | Dobby | Dodgy |
| Doggy | Donny | Dopey |
| Dorky | Dotty | Downy |
| Dowry | Doily | Doody |
| Dooly | Doomy | Doozy |
| Dowdy | Doddy | Dogey |
| Donsy | Dormy | Dorty |
| Dowly | Doyly |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO Ending In E
| Dodge | Dolce | Donne |
| Douse | Dobie | Donee |
| Douce | Dowie | Dowse |
| Doxie | Dogie | Dooce |
| Doole | Doree | Dorse |
| Dovie | Dowle |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO Ending In A
| Donna | Dogma | Dolma |
| Donga | Doona | Dorsa |
| Dosha | Doula | Douma |
| Dobla | Dobra | Dolia |
| Dorba | Doura | Downa |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO Ending In R
| Donor | Dover | Dolor |
| Doner | Doper | Dower |
| Dozer | Doser | Doter |
| Douar | Dowar |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO Ending In D
| Domed | Doped | Dosed |
| Dozed | Doled | Doted |
| Doxed | Dorad | Doved |
| Dowed |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO With E
E turns up in 55 DO words, more than any letter except the O already spent. 5 letter words starting with DE works the same way.
| Dodge | Doses | Dover |
| Dozen | Doers | Dolce |
| Domed | Domes | Donne |
| Doped | Dopey | Dosed |
| Douse | Doves | Dozed |
| Dobie | Doest | Doeth |
| Doges | Doled | Doles |
| Donee | Doner | Doper |
| Dopes | Dores | Doted |
| Dotes | Douce | Dowel |
| Dower | Dowie | Dowse |
| Doxed | Doxie | Doyen |
| Dozer | Dozes | Dobes |
| Doeks | Dogey | Dogie |
| Dooce | Doole | Doree |
| Dorse | Doseh | Doser |
| Doter | Doved | Doven |
| Dovie | Dowed | Dowle |
| Doxes |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so no slot goes to a repeat. 5 letter words starting with DR works the same way.
| Doing | Doubt | Dozen |
| Downs | Dough | Doris |
| Dover | Docks | Donut |
| Dogma | Dowry | Doves |
| Dolce | Domes | Dorms |
| Dorky | Dopey | Doers |
Dodos, Dolls and Dotty are the traps. Fifty three DO words repeat a letter, and a doubled O or D accounts for most of them.
5 Letter Words Starting With DO For Scrabble
Z carries the top plays, and Doozy tops the set at 18 points. 5 letter words with 4 vowels counts vowels instead.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Doozy | 18 |
| Dozed | 16 |
| Dozes | 15 |
| Dozer | 15 |
| Dozen | 15 |
| Doxed | 14 |
| Doxie | 13 |
| Doxes | 13 |
| Dowdy | 13 |
| Dorky | 13 |
| Dojos | 13 |
| Dobby | 13 |
| Doyly | 12 |
| Dowry | 12 |
| Downy | 12 |
5 Letter Words Starting With DO And Their Meanings
Japanese, Scots and older trade usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dobla | An old Spanish gold coin |
| Dobra | The currency unit of Sao Tome and Principe |
| Dobro | A guitar with a metal resonator built into the body |
| Dogie | A motherless calf in a cattle herd |
| Dohyo | The raised ring in which sumo is contested |
| Doilt | Foolish or confused, in Scots usage |
| Dolce | Sweet or soft, used as a musical direction |
| Dolia | The plural of dolium, a large earthenware jar |
| Dolma | A vine leaf stuffed with rice and meat |
| Donah | A sweetheart, from Cockney usage |
| Donga | A steep sided gully cut by water in southern Africa |
| Doona | A quilted duvet, in Australian usage |
| Dorad | A South American river fish |
| Dorsa | The plural of dorsum, the back of a body part |
| Doseh | A former Egyptian religious ceremony |
| Dosha | A bodily humour in Ayurvedic medicine |
| Doula | A woman who supports another through childbirth |
| Douma | A Russian legislative assembly |
| Doura | Durra, a grain sorghum grown in Africa |
| Doxie | A mistress, or a doxy, in older usage |
FAQs
The strongest are Doing, Doubt, Dozen, Downs and Dough, since none of them repeat a letter. Dodos, Dolls and Dotty hand a slot to a repeat, so keep them for later.
DOW gives you Downs, Downy, Dowry, Dowdy, Dowel, Dower and Dowse, along with Dowar, Dowds, Dowed, Dowie, Dowle, Dowls, Dowly, Downa, Dowps and Dowts.
The T ending gives you Donut, Doilt and Docht. Three words is the whole group, so a T in the last slot narrows the board fast.
The E words run to Dozen, Dowel, Dower, Dodge, Doled, Doles, Domed and Domes. Fifty five DO words carry an E after the opening pair.
The top score goes to Doozy at 18 points. Dozed reaches 16, then Dozes and Dozer at 15, with Doxed and Doxes at 14.
The H ending gives you Dough, Doeth and Donah. Doseh closes the group and is accepted in Scrabble.
DOR gives you Dorms, Dorky, Dorks and Dorps, along with Dorad, Dorba, Dorbs, Doree, Dores, Doric, Doris, Dormy, Dorrs, Dorsa, Dorse, Dorts and Dorty.
Yes, Doula is valid and scores 6 points. It names a woman who supports another through childbirth.
