5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DYADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dyad

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 DYADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DYADS 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 299 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,112 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__D_ D in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TALER STIRE PROLE TRICE STILE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
299 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DYADS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,112 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DYADS ranks #12,112 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
702
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
16
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

642
349
294
154
142
99
96
78
72
51
49
48
26
22
21
17
16
16
14
14
12
11
8
7
7
7
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DYADS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
TRONE 6.13 bits
14.8% →
TALER 5.53 bits
12.5% →
STIRE 5.47 bits
6.5% →
PROLE 4.77 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 5.12 bits
4.2% →
STILE 4.31 bits
4.1% →
URINE 5.09 bits
3.3% →
TALER 4.77 bits
3.1% →
TALER 4.17 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2Y4A1D2S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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