5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

DEBAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɑː(ɹ)/

Verb

To exclude or shut out; to bar.

Verb

To hinder or prevent.

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 DEBAR performs as a guess

DEBAR 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,714 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT STILE COURT STOPE CHART
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEBAR 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,714 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEBAR ranks #2,714 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
198
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
C E D A R
D E B A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DEBAR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

369
240
229
145
124
95
93
75
54
47
43
43
42
42
41
31
28
26
26
25
23
21
21
20
17
17
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEBAR:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
10.2% →
SLANT 5.38 bits
9.7% →
STILE 5.47 bits
6.1% →
COURT 5.22 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
4.0% →
STOPE 4.61 bits
3.9% →
CHART 4.48 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 3.47 bits
2.3% →
SENTE 4.04 bits
2.0% →
WOULD 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1B3A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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