5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DOLTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdoʊlts/

Noun

plural of dolt

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 DOLTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOLTS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #502 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___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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DO_TS D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARNE RAINE SPAER CARET CRANE REAST
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOLTS 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
0.67 Volatility
#502 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOLTS ranks #502 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,020
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
147
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
220
200
178
131
98
91
88
63
57
51
44
43
43
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38
35
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOLTS:

17% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SPAER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
CARNE 6.25 bits
9.3% →
RAINE 5.44 bits
8.5% →
SPAER 5.53 bits
7.5% →
CARET 5.53 bits
5.6% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
4.2% →
RAINE 5.38 bits
3.9% →
REAST 4.81 bits
3.7% →
RANCE 4.77 bits
2.7% →
PLANE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
RAINE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2O1L1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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