5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DYKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /daɪks/

Noun

plural of dyke

Noun

Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire cutters.

Alternative forms: dikes

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.

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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TIARE STAIR LATER SLART LAIRY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DYKES 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,146 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DYKES ranks #12,146 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
19
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
20%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
352
203
182
163
157
84
64
64
62
47
43
42
37
32
31
29
29
28
22
19
17
13
13
12
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DYKES:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TRAIL 6.06 bits
14.9% →
TIARE 5.32 bits
8.6% →
STAIR 5.34 bits
7.7% →
LATER 4.36 bits
6.9% →
SLART 4.90 bits
6.7% →
LAIRY 4.51 bits
3.6% →
BOARD 4.83 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.67 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 4.45 bits
2.6% →
SAIST 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2Y4K5E1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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