5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DIMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /daɪmz/

Noun

plural of dime

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 DIMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIMES 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,283 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DI_ES D in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL CRATE SLANT TRAIN LATER SLART
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIMES 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,283 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIMES ranks #3,283 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
291
202
158
149
136
71
68
67
63
62
49
41
38
28
28
27
26
25
25
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIMES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
12.3% →
CRATE 5.64 bits
8.6% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
6.7% →
TRAIN 5.43 bits
6.3% →
LATER 4.41 bits
5.8% →
SLART 5.01 bits
3.0% →
MACRO 5.02 bits
2.9% →
SHALT 3.88 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.84 bits
2.7% →
TRINE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1M3E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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