5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of dead

Noun

plural of dead.

Noun

The substances that enclose the ore on every side.

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 DEADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEADS 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,561 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__D_ D in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE TALON SPOUT ALTER SPIRE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEADS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,561 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEADS ranks #10,561 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

406
301
254
189
145
132
105
84
69
60
50
45
44
39
35
32
28
28
26
24
20
18
16
16
15
13
10
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEADS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
COUNT 5.83 bits
12.8% →
TRONE 5.26 bits
10.8% →
TALON 5.24 bits
8.0% →
SPOUT 4.92 bits
6.1% →
ALTER 4.74 bits
5.6% →
SPIRE 4.72 bits
4.5% →
REBEL 4.26 bits
3.6% →
CRINE 4.26 bits
2.9% →
SHALT 4.04 bits
2.5% →
SALTY 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1A1D2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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