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DEBUT

Yes, DEBUT was the Wordle answer on July 4, 2024 (Wordle #1111).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbjuː//ˈdeɪbjuː//deɪˈbjuː/

Noun

A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.

Noun

The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.

“Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.”

Verb

To formally introduce, as to the public.

“Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004.”

Verb

To make one's initial formal appearance.

“Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004.”

Alternative forms: début

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: July 4, 2024 (#1111).

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

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How DEBUT performs as a guess

DEBUT 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,929 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__U_ D in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SONAR SITAR SURLY TARTE CARLE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEBUT 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,929 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEBUT ranks #4,929 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
193
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:
ETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DEBUT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
372
158
127
107
107
87
71
65
56
55
54
39
36
35
29
26
26
24
22
22
19
18
16
16
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEBUT:

20% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
16% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
7% chance
Suggested:
SITAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
15.8% →
SONAR 5.49 bits
6.7% →
SITAR 5.03 bits
5.4% →
SURLY 4.63 bits
4.5% →
TARTE 4.80 bits
4.5% →
CARLE 4.58 bits
3.7% →
SONAR 4.92 bits
3.0% →
LAIRY 4.97 bits
2.8% →
ARIEL 4.75 bits
2.4% →
SLEER 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1B3U1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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