5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DINES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /daɪnz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dine

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 DINES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DINES 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,203 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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 SLART ROATE TRAIL GRANT
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DINES 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DINES ranks #2,203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
265
184
137
133
106
88
63
60
55
52
50
49
42
41
41
33
28
27
27
23
22
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20
20
19
19
19
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DINES:

15% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
CAROL 6.03 bits
11.2% →
CRATE 5.66 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.37 bits
5.8% →
ROATE 4.03 bits
5.6% →
SLART 5.03 bits
4.5% →
TRAIL 5.19 bits
3.7% →
GRANT 5.03 bits
2.7% →
ROANY 4.20 bits
2.5% →
SALTY 3.74 bits
2.3% →
BROAD 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1N1E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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