5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DAVEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː.vən/

Verb

to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray

Alternative forms: doven, davan

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 DAVEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAVEN 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,498 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH TERSE SLART COUNT SOLAR SATYR
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAVEN 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,498 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAVEN ranks #6,498 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
201
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
258
218
155
133
129
110
72
53
50
40
39
37
35
32
31
30
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28
25
22
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAVEN:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
11% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
SLOTH 5.75 bits
10.9% →
TERSE 5.39 bits
9.2% →
SLART 5.48 bits
6.6% →
SLART 5.35 bits
5.6% →
COUNT 5.08 bits
5.5% →
SOLAR 4.12 bits
4.7% →
SATYR 4.13 bits
3.1% →
SEINE 4.58 bits
2.2% →
WOULD 4.84 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1V4E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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