5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DILLI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of dilly (“a dilly bag”).

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 DILLI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DILLI 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 57.1% of games, misses completely in 42.9%, and leaves about 517 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,104 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___I D in the 1st position and I in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE TRINE BRANE RONTE PAUSE
Words starting with D Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.28 Entropy (bits)
517 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DILLI 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,104 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DILLI ranks #14,104 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
415
6 guesses
33
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
22%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1012
272
261
137
119
63
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51
43
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DILLI:

43% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.9% →
TARSE 6.41 bits
11.5% →
SOARE 5.34 bits
11.1% →
TRINE 5.57 bits
5.8% →
BRANE 5.31 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
2.7% →
PAUSE 4.77 bits
2.6% →
CRANE 4.42 bits
2.5% →
ORATE 4.80 bits
2.2% →
SOARE 4.62 bits
1.8% →
TARSE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1L1L1I1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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