5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DICTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 DICTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DICTO 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,546 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___O D in the 1st position and O in the 5th position D__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

PARLE SOLER SALET SLANE SHALE SOREL
Words starting with D Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DICTO 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
0.67 Volatility
#2,546 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DICTO ranks #2,546 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
21%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
252
186
160
138
87
85
76
72
68
60
53
49
42
41
29
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DICTO:

21% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
PARLE 6.18 bits
10.7% →
SOLER 5.25 bits
7.9% →
SALET 5.67 bits
6.8% →
SLANE 5.63 bits
5.8% →
SHALE 5.47 bits
3.7% →
SOREL 4.60 bits
3.6% →
LEARE 5.09 bits
3.2% →
SALEP 4.45 bits
3.1% →
SNARE 4.74 bits
2.9% →
CARLE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1C3T1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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