5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DALLY

Yes, DALLY was the Wordle answer on September 26, 2025 (Wordle #1560).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdæli/

Verb

To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.

Verb

To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet

Noun

Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.

Noun

Alternative form of dolly (“offering of fruit or flowers”).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 26, 2025 (#1560).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DALLY performs as a guess

DALLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 302 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,681 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___Y D in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE STARE CRISE CONTE POISE REACT
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
302 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DALLY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,681 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DALLY ranks #10,681 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
35%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
D I M L Y
D A L L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DALLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

716
297
162
148
142
131
97
54
49
48
32
32
28
26
24
23
22
19
18
18
16
15
15
14
13
12
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DALLY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
TOISE 6.22 bits
12.6% →
STARE 5.63 bits
6.9% →
CRISE 4.92 bits
6.3% →
CONTE 4.90 bits
6.0% →
POISE 4.61 bits
5.6% →
REACT 4.66 bits
4.1% →
URITE 5.25 bits
2.3% →
IRONE 4.76 bits
2.1% →
URITE 4.92 bits
2.0% →
TORSE 3.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1L1L1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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