5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOLLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of doll

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of doll

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 DOLLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOLLS 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,649 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE CRANE CARTE TROPE IRATE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOLLS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,649 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOLLS ranks #7,649 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
236
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
26%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

632
319
210
184
130
118
73
58
54
49
44
43
35
30
26
26
26
24
19
19
15
14
13
13
13
11
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOLLS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
TIARE 6.27 bits
13.5% →
TIARE 5.70 bits
8.9% →
RAINE 5.36 bits
7.8% →
CRANE 5.34 bits
5.5% →
CARTE 4.77 bits
5.0% →
RAINE 5.49 bits
3.1% →
TROPE 4.20 bits
2.5% →
IRATE 5.05 bits
2.3% →
WAITE 4.62 bits
2.1% →
SPANE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1L1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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