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dle

dle noun: a short, daily web-based guessing game or puzzle, especially one of many played one after another.

Noun (1)

dle (plural dles)

  1. (Internet, in plural, informal, with-definite-article) A short, daily web-based guessing game or puzzle, especially one of many played one after another.

Noun (2) capitalized: DLE

DLE

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of double-layer ejecta.

Forms of dle

pluraldles

Origin of dle

Back-formation from Wordle (“web-based word game”), imitating the apparent suffix (taken from the surname of developer Josh Wardle).

Questions about dle

What does dle mean?
Dle means a short, daily web-based guessing game or puzzle, especially one of many played one after another.
What part of speech is dle?
Dle is a noun.
What is the plural of dle?
The plural of dle is dles.

Words near dle in the dictionary

  1. DLBCL
  2. DLBCLs
  3. DLC
  4. DLCs
  5. DLD
  6. dle
  7. DLed
  8. DLEK
  9. DLF
  10. DLFs
  11. DLH

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dle (page history and authors); DLE (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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