5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DIMLY

DIMLY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪmli/

Adverb

In a dim manner; not clearly.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 DIMLY performs as a guess

DIMLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,053 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___Y D in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE TRINE RANSE ARENE RONTE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIMLY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,053 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIMLY ranks #4,053 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
31%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
D I M L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DIMLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
268
214
144
100
94
84
66
49
40
37
32
32
31
30
25
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIMLY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
TARSE 6.50 bits
11.4% →
SOARE 5.41 bits
9.1% →
TRINE 5.64 bits
6.1% →
RANSE 4.93 bits
4.2% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
4.0% →
ARENE 5.31 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 4.57 bits
2.1% →
THANE 4.63 bits
1.7% →
PATER 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1M3L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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