5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DHOLL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic form of dal (“pigeon pea”).

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 DHOLL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DHOLL 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 317 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,604 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___L D in the 1st position and L in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TONER SAICE CASTE RAINE STANE
Words starting with D Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
317 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DHOLL 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
0.71 Volatility
#9,604 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DHOLL ranks #9,604 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
22
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
30%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

758
236
200
125
124
122
87
78
64
58
43
42
35
34
31
28
25
21
20
18
18
16
10
9
9
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DHOLL:

32% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
10.0% →
TONER 5.34 bits
8.5% →
SAICE 5.33 bits
5.3% →
CASTE 5.21 bits
5.3% →
RAINE 5.52 bits
5.2% →
STANE 4.64 bits
3.7% →
TRICE 5.25 bits
3.3% →
RAINE 4.72 bits
2.7% →
SAUTE 4.91 bits
2.5% →
URITE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2H4O1L1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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