5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

DEAIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To remove the air from.

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 DEAIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEAIR 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 90.4% of games, misses completely in 9.6%, and leaves about 87 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,137 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SONLY STOLE SPILT COURT SALET
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.52 Entropy (bits)
87 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEAIR 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,137 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEAIR ranks #1,137 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
13
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
38%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

226
166
161
153
115
106
83
81
78
60
60
57
49
48
44
40
39
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32
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEAIR:

10% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
7% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
7% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.6% →
SLOTH 5.63 bits
7.0% →
SONLY 5.09 bits
6.8% →
STOLE 5.39 bits
6.5% →
SPILT 5.00 bits
4.9% →
COURT 5.08 bits
4.5% →
SALET 4.63 bits
3.5% →
CLASH 4.62 bits
3.4% →
SINCE 4.51 bits
3.3% →
SCOTE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
CARAT 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1A1I1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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