5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

DEALT

DEALT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of deal

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 DEALT performs as a guess

DEALT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 93 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #157 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SCION PROSE RAYON SOUTH SOUCE SARGE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.55 Entropy (bits)
93 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEALT 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#157 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEALT ranks #157 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
1,024
4 guesses
1,088
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
7
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:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
38%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L E A N S
D E A L T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DEALT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

135 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

265
230
137
109
98
86
71
69
67
66
65
62
54
53
41
38
37
36
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30
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25
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22
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEALT:

11% chance
Suggested:
SCION
10% chance
Suggested:
PROSE
6% chance
Suggested:
RAYON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
SCION 5.65 bits
9.8% →
PROSE 5.39 bits
5.8% →
RAYON 5.10 bits
4.6% →
SOUTH 5.02 bits
4.2% →
SOUCE 4.38 bits
3.6% →
SARGE 4.45 bits
3.0% →
ROUSE 4.76 bits
2.9% →
CRASH 4.50 bits
2.8% →
TRITE 4.58 bits
2.8% →
SONAR 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1A1L1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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