5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DIRTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dirt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dirt

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 DIRTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIRTS 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #697 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CANOE SLANE CLEAT CLINE LEANT
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DIRTS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#697 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIRTS ranks #697 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,024
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
145
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

393
235
186
127
116
82
82
81
76
60
58
58
51
50
49
48
31
30
28
28
27
26
25
25
24
22
17
16
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIRTS:

17% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
ALONE 6.08 bits
10.0% →
CANOE 5.22 bits
7.9% →
SLANE 5.45 bits
5.4% →
CLEAT 5.26 bits
4.9% →
CLINE 5.41 bits
3.5% →
LEANT 4.77 bits
3.5% →
TREAT 4.49 bits
3.4% →
ALONE 5.15 bits
3.2% →
CANOE 4.87 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1R1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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