5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DYERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dyer

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 DYERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DYERS 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,150 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__R_ D in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE PATEE TRIAL SLANT INLAY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DYERS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,150 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DYERS ranks #7,150 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
20%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
272
211
183
177
128
115
59
52
51
46
43
42
40
33
32
30
27
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25
23
23
23
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DYERS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
PATEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
TONAL 6.02 bits
11.5% →
ANILE 5.34 bits
8.9% →
PATEE 4.59 bits
7.8% →
TRIAL 4.95 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
5.4% →
INLAY 4.06 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
2.5% →
SAIST 4.19 bits
2.2% →
ALOUD 4.64 bits
2.2% →
ALINE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2Y4E1R1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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