5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DINKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋki/

Adjective

Tiny and cute; small and attractive.

Adjective

Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.

“They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.”

Noun

A dinky thing.

Noun

A person in a relationship with a double income and no kids.

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 DINKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DINKY 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 65.2% of games, misses completely in 34.8%, and leaves about 348 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,699 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

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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__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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TARSE SLATE SORAL ALURE ATONE SALET
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
348 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DINKY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,699 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DINKY ranks #8,699 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
30%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

822
203
172
165
97
93
87
73
56
54
39
35
34
31
31
26
26
25
20
19
19
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17
13
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9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DINKY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.8% →
TARSE 6.48 bits
8.6% →
SLATE 5.45 bits
7.3% →
SORAL 4.89 bits
7.0% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
4.1% →
ALURE 5.39 bits
3.9% →
ATONE 4.63 bits
3.7% →
SALET 4.69 bits
3.1% →
CASER 4.90 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.75 bits
2.3% →
LATER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1N1K5Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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