5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DWALE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dweɪl/

Noun

Belladonna or a similar soporific plant.

Noun

A bugbear.

Verb

To mutter deliriously.

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 DWALE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DWALE 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,241 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _W__E W in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RESET CARAT SIREN CLOUT SHART
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DWALE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,241 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DWALE ranks #4,241 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
8
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
224
203
167
111
90
82
80
68
52
44
43
43
42
40
40
35
30
28
27
27
23
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17
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DWALE:

17% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
RESET
9% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
HOIST 5.99 bits
9.5% →
RESET 5.36 bits
8.6% →
CARAT 5.03 bits
7.1% →
SIREN 4.68 bits
4.7% →
CLOUT 4.64 bits
3.8% →
SHART 4.74 bits
3.5% →
SONAR 4.56 bits
3.4% →
TAPER 4.39 bits
2.9% →
LEPER 4.41 bits
2.2% →
SHART 3.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2W4A1L1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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