5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DITAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A finger-operated key for raising the pitch of a guitar by a semitone.

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 DITAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DITAL 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #408 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___L D in the 1st position and L in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

CORSE CARSE SHOER SOUCE CRONE RANSE
Words starting with D Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DITAL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#408 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DITAL ranks #408 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
1,035
4 guesses
1,070
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
10
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:
AILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
27%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
255
169
140
127
112
108
75
72
67
44
41
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32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DITAL:

15% chance
Suggested:
CORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHOER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
CORSE 6.19 bits
10.8% →
CARSE 5.49 bits
7.2% →
SHOER 5.75 bits
5.9% →
SOUCE 5.19 bits
5.4% →
CRONE 5.36 bits
4.7% →
RANSE 4.78 bits
4.6% →
SPALE 4.71 bits
3.2% →
SONCE 4.74 bits
3.1% →
SNORE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
GRONE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1T1A1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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