5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DIOLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of diol

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 DIOLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIOLS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #366 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE PRATE CATER RANCE CARNE CONTE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIOLS 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#366 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIOLS ranks #366 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
1,030
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
145
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
225
183
178
151
80
80
69
68
65
53
50
49
48
37
34
34
34
34
30
26
26
24
17
17
17
17
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIOLS:

17% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
10% chance
Suggested:
PRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
CATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
CARTE 6.31 bits
9.5% →
PRATE 5.78 bits
7.8% →
CATER 5.49 bits
7.5% →
RANCE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
CARNE 5.56 bits
3.4% →
PRATE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
CONTE 4.31 bits
2.9% →
BRANE 5.02 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1O1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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