5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DULSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dʌls/

Noun

A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.

Alternative forms: dilisk, dillisk, dilsk, dulce

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 DULSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DULSE 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,401 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TENOR ROANY STAIN TRACE RENAL
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DULSE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,401 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DULSE ranks #2,401 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
18
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
37%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
254
147
132
131
98
67
66
61
61
61
58
51
51
43
39
38
32
32
32
27
26
23
21
18
18
17
17
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DULSE:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
6% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
TRAIN 6.03 bits
10.8% →
TENOR 5.11 bits
6.2% →
ROANY 4.80 bits
5.6% →
STAIN 5.01 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 4.46 bits
4.2% →
RENAL 4.54 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.93 bits
2.8% →
RAINY 3.98 bits
2.6% →
STEER 4.63 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1L1S1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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