5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DINOS

DINOS 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

plural of dino

Noun

An Ancient Greek mixing-bowl or cauldron, without handles or feet.

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 DINOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DINOS 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,929 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__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SLATE CRATE TRACE TALER STORE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DINOS 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
0.68 Volatility
#1,929 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DINOS ranks #1,929 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

486
251
218
141
95
85
80
71
68
66
54
54
48
43
43
42
38
23
23
23
23
19
19
17
16
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16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DINOS:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
CARLE 6.31 bits
10.6% →
SLATE 5.70 bits
9.2% →
CRATE 5.30 bits
6.0% →
TRACE 5.64 bits
4.0% →
TALER 5.18 bits
3.6% →
STORE 4.61 bits
3.4% →
PALET 4.69 bits
3.0% →
TARGE 4.77 bits
2.9% →
BEARE 5.15 bits
2.8% →
STILE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1N1O1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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