5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOLMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdoʊlmə/

Noun

Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.

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 DOLMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOLMA 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,064 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__M_ D in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TARSE TRINE STANE SLIER CRUET
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOLMA 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,064 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOLMA ranks #3,064 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
188
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

455
349
165
162
155
127
72
57
54
49
46
41
38
36
28
27
25
24
24
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21
21
18
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOLMA:

19% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SIENT 6.26 bits
14.8% →
TARSE 5.74 bits
7.0% →
TRINE 5.36 bits
6.9% →
STANE 4.73 bits
6.6% →
SLIER 5.05 bits
5.4% →
CRUET 4.85 bits
3.1% →
SIREE 5.00 bits
2.4% →
RAINE 4.40 bits
2.3% →
BARON 4.83 bits
2.1% →
SEITY 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1L1M3A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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