5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DECIM

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪm/

Noun

A decimeter.

Noun

A tenth, (particularly) a tithe or tax of one-tenth.

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 DECIM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DECIM 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___M D in the 1st position and M in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE SAINT CHART SLART RINSE
Words starting with D Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DECIM 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DECIM ranks #3,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
10
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:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
23%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
382
184
136
123
113
86
82
71
60
55
49
38
31
28
28
25
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DECIM:

19% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
16.2% →
TARSE 5.65 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.24 bits
5.8% →
CHART 5.28 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.96 bits
4.8% →
RINSE 4.80 bits
3.6% →
CRATE 4.97 bits
3.5% →
SAURY 4.85 bits
3.0% →
BOARD 4.94 bits
2.5% →
ARENE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1C3I1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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