Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

DOLIE

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

No dictionary definition for DOLIE is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use DOLIE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How DOLIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOLIE 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #728 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe DOLIE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.31 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DOLIE 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#728 Rank among openers
Opening with DOLIE left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.59 average. It ranks #728 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
995
4 guesses
1,088
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
41%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

DOLIE can come back 125 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

279 answers
236 answers
153 answers
144 answers
137 answers
115 answers
101 answers
93 answers
65 answers
53 answers
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47 answers
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26 answers
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18 answers
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16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1L1I1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Strategy after playing DOLIE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DOLIE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOLIE:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHART
10% chance
Suggested:
RESET
6% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
SHART 5.92 bits
9.9% →
RESET 5.50 bits
6.4% →
SHIRT 5.17 bits
6.0% →
ARSON 5.15 bits
5.7% →
SHART 5.05 bits
4.8% →
SAUNT 4.86 bits
4.2% →
SETER 4.59 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.57 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.29 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 3.98 bits

Research on DOLIE

Game-tree analysis and word research for DOLIE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DOLIE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.62 guesses and ranks #514 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DOLIE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.59, at or below the proven-optimal 3.62, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).