5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DINLO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A fool.

Alternative forms: dinlow

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 DINLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DINLO 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,205 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___O D in the 1st position and O in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SACRE TRACE REAST STRAE STANE
Words starting with D Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DINLO 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,205 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DINLO ranks #1,205 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

496
251
191
138
104
86
74
74
73
69
66
47
40
33
31
30
28
24
24
24
23
20
20
18
18
16
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DINLO:

21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SACRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
TARSE 6.50 bits
10.6% →
TARSE 5.45 bits
8.1% →
SACRE 5.33 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 5.60 bits
4.4% →
REAST 5.46 bits
3.6% →
STRAE 4.34 bits
3.1% →
STANE 4.68 bits
3.1% →
SPATE 4.44 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 4.82 bits
2.9% →
SAUTE 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1N1L1O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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