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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).

See the full page for that puzzle: 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 2,374 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 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,929 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in DEBUT.

First-turn measures

All four describe DEBUT used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.59 Entropy (bits)
201 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 opening guess: previous 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#4,929 Rank among openers
Opening with DEBUT left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.67 average. It 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 (3.46 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

DEBUT can come back 100 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

484 answers
374 answers
159 answers
130 answers
110 answers
108 answers
87 answers
71 answers
65 answers
56 answers
55 answers
54 answers
39 answers
36 answers
35 answers
29 answers
26 answers
26 answers
24 answers
22 answers
22 answers
19 answers
19 answers
17 answers
16 answers
14 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers

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.

Try next

CAROL SONAR SITAR SURLY TARSE CARLE

Strategy after playing DEBUT

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DEBUT.

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 6.03 bits
15.8% →
SONAR 5.49 bits
6.7% →
SITAR 5.02 bits
5.5% →
SURLY 4.67 bits
4.6% →
TARSE 4.72 bits
4.5% →
CARLE 4.57 bits
3.7% →
SONAR 4.92 bits
3.0% →
LAIRY 4.97 bits
2.7% →
ARIEL 4.75 bits
2.4% →
SLEER 4.47 bits

Research on DEBUT

Game-tree analysis and word research for DEBUT, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DEBUT, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #4,748 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DEBUT can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.67, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the second syllable Say it DAYBYOO.

Rhymes with THREW SCREW QUEUE RENEW CANOE

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, DEBUT is a kind of start or introduction.

Synonyms ENTRY introduction launching unveiling

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
DEBUT sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 33 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.3 of 5).

In a sentence

Her debut was the biggest social event of the season.
© tatoeba.org contributor shekitten (CC BY 2.0 FR)
The actress made her debut when she was eight.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).