5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

DEARN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of dern.

Adjective

Alternative form of dern.

Verb

Alternative form of dern.

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 DEARN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEARN 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #383 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__R_ D in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

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SOILY STOLE SALTY TOISE GROUT COUNT
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEARN 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#383 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEARN ranks #383 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
92
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,071
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

136 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
175
150
141
125
111
86
71
70
60
57
53
46
44
42
41
33
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28
24
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEARN:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
7% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
6% chance
Suggested:
SALTY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
SOILY 5.62 bits
7.4% →
STOLE 5.50 bits
6.4% →
SALTY 5.01 bits
6.0% →
TOISE 4.58 bits
5.3% →
GROUT 5.03 bits
4.7% →
COUNT 4.98 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 4.74 bits
3.0% →
CAROL 4.56 bits
3.0% →
CLASH 4.65 bits
2.5% →
TOISE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1A1R1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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