5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

DIODE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əʊd//ˈdaɪ.oʊd/

Noun

An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

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 DIODE performs as a guess

DIODE 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,077 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__D_ D in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER SLANT CAROL SALTY OWNER
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIODE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,077 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIODE ranks #10,077 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
38%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B I O M E
D I O D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DIODE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

411
345
199
191
188
136
86
82
64
58
49
46
38
35
27
27
24
23
22
21
18
17
17
16
12
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIODE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
SLART 5.94 bits
14.6% →
ALTER 5.44 bits
8.4% →
SLANT 5.63 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.25 bits
8.0% →
CAROL 5.09 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 4.71 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.42 bits
3.5% →
OWNER 3.95 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.14 bits
2.5% →
SLART 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1O1D2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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