5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DICTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪk.tə/

Noun

plural of dictum

Alternative forms: dictums

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 DICTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DICTA 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,399 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER RANSE SHOER SNORE SOREL SHORE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DICTA 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,399 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DICTA ranks #2,399 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
13
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:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
22%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
325
152
133
125
112
94
81
78
68
60
53
49
47
39
34
32
31
29
28
26
18
18
16
15
15
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DICTA:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
14% chance
Suggested:
RANSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHOER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SOLER 6.02 bits
13.8% →
RANSE 5.43 bits
6.4% →
SHOER 5.55 bits
5.6% →
SNORE 5.28 bits
5.3% →
SOREL 4.90 bits
4.7% →
SHORE 5.40 bits
4.0% →
CARLE 4.94 bits
3.4% →
SOLER 4.58 bits
3.3% →
ROULE 4.90 bits
2.9% →
SNORE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1C3T1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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