5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DIPSO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpsəʊ/

Noun

A dipsomaniac; an alcoholic; a drunk.

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 DIPSO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIPSO 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,078 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TALER CRANE LEANT LATER PLACE
Words starting with D Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIPSO 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,078 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIPSO ranks #3,078 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
9
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:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
23%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

521
301
192
172
93
81
81
80
69
57
55
48
42
41
34
33
33
27
26
25
24
22
21
18
17
16
16
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIPSO:

22% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
CARLE 6.27 bits
12.8% →
TALER 5.37 bits
8.1% →
CRANE 5.58 bits
7.3% →
LEANT 5.48 bits
3.9% →
LATER 4.64 bits
3.4% →
PLACE 5.20 bits
3.4% →
BEARE 5.21 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.93 bits
2.9% →
CARTE 4.34 bits
2.4% →
LEANT 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1P3S1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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