5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DEASH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To remove the ash 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 DEASH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEASH 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,858 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___H D in the 1st position and H in the 5th position D__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE TALON ALTER SPILT REBEL
Words starting with D Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEASH 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,858 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEASH ranks #2,858 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
15
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
260
227
130
127
86
82
67
65
62
55
49
47
42
40
37
37
36
34
31
25
25
23
19
19
19
19
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEASH:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COUNT 5.63 bits
11.0% →
TRONE 5.22 bits
9.6% →
TALON 5.33 bits
5.5% →
ALTER 4.73 bits
5.4% →
SPILT 4.88 bits
3.6% →
REBEL 4.32 bits
3.5% →
TRIPE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
CRINE 4.09 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.67 bits
2.6% →
TOUCH 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1A1S1H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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