5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DYKON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.kɒn//ˈdaɪ.kən//ˈdaɪ.kɑn/

Noun

A celebrity, especially a woman (often a lesbian), who is much admired by lesbians.

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 DYKON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DYKON 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 67.3% of games, misses completely in 32.7%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,393 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___N D in the 1st position and N in the 5th position D__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__N Y in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TORSE SAICE SLART ARIEL CARSE
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DYKON 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,393 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DYKON ranks #8,393 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
206
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
16%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

770
271
185
177
124
85
70
62
60
52
38
38
36
33
27
26
24
24
24
23
22
16
14
12
12
10
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DYKON:

33% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.7% →
TARSE 6.41 bits
11.5% →
TORSE 5.49 bits
7.8% →
SAICE 5.55 bits
7.5% →
SLART 5.08 bits
5.3% →
ARIEL 5.47 bits
3.6% →
CARSE 5.08 bits
3.0% →
TALER 4.74 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
SAGER 4.89 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2Y4K5O1N1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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