5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DECAF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdiːkæf/

Adjective

That has caffeine removed.

Noun

A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.

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 DECAF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DECAF 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,451 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__F E in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

MOIST STORE SLART TARSE CHOIR SIREN
Words starting with D Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DECAF 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,451 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DECAF ranks #6,451 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
11
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
22%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
326
266
179
127
99
82
68
62
59
59
53
47
37
29
29
28
27
24
21
18
16
15
15
15
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DECAF:

17% chance
Suggested:
MOIST
14% chance
Suggested:
STORE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
MOIST 5.83 bits
13.8% →
STORE 5.38 bits
11.3% →
SLART 5.29 bits
7.6% →
TARSE 4.64 bits
5.4% →
CHOIR 5.08 bits
4.2% →
SIREN 4.60 bits
3.5% →
CHARM 4.58 bits
2.9% →
SOREE 4.77 bits
2.6% →
RIONE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
SORAL 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1C3A1F4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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