5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DECAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkən//di.kæn/

Noun

One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.

Verb

To remove (something, especially nuclear reactor fuel) from a can or similar protective enclosure, cladding, etc.

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 DECAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DECAN 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,175 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___N D in the 1st position and N in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

MOIST TORSE SLART GLINT COUCH SETER
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DECAN 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,175 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DECAN ranks #1,175 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
25%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

339
269
211
156
105
99
84
69
68
63
61
53
49
47
37
28
28
28
25
24
23
23
23
21
19
18
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DECAN:

14% chance
Suggested:
MOIST
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
MOIST 5.79 bits
11.4% →
TORSE 5.46 bits
8.9% →
SLART 5.40 bits
6.6% →
SLART 4.86 bits
4.5% →
GLINT 4.90 bits
4.2% →
COUCH 4.99 bits
3.6% →
SETER 4.64 bits
2.9% →
SIREE 4.67 bits
2.9% →
CHARM 4.57 bits
2.7% →
GIANT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1C3A1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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