5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DYNES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dyne

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 DYNES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DYNES 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,111 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__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

CAROL IRATE SLART LATER LAIRY TRAIN
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DYNES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,111 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DYNES ranks #7,111 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
14
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:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
293
188
150
147
138
132
63
63
62
55
55
45
39
38
36
30
27
27
27
26
21
20
20
20
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18
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DYNES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
CAROL 6.18 bits
12.4% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
8.0% →
SLART 5.31 bits
6.4% →
SLART 4.98 bits
6.2% →
LATER 4.20 bits
5.9% →
LAIRY 4.36 bits
5.6% →
TRAIN 5.39 bits
2.7% →
ALINE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
ALOUD 4.83 bits
2.6% →
SAIST 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2Y4N1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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