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DEBIT

Yes, DEBIT was the Wordle answer on September 9, 2024 (Wordle #1178).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛb.ɪt/

Noun

In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.

“A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account.”

Noun

A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.

Verb

To make an entry on the debit side of an account.

Verb

To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.

“We shall debit your account for the amount of the purchase.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 9, 2024 (#1178).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DEBIT performs as a guess

DEBIT 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,420 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOLAR SONLY SONAR CARLE RINSE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEBIT 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,420 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEBIT ranks #3,420 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
14
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
E D I C T
D E B I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DEBIT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
331
150
133
102
101
97
73
67
56
54
49
48
44
42
34
31
31
28
24
24
22
16
15
15
14
14
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEBIT:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
14.0% →
SOLAR 5.46 bits
6.4% →
SONLY 4.83 bits
5.6% →
SONAR 5.19 bits
4.3% →
CARLE 4.61 bits
4.3% →
RINSE 4.82 bits
4.1% →
SOLAR 4.81 bits
3.1% →
SONAR 4.87 bits
2.8% →
CLARY 4.73 bits
2.4% →
SOLAR 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1B3I1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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