5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DECOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of deco

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 DECOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DECOS 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,372 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIAL ALTER SAULT TONAL SLART CAIRN
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DECOS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,372 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DECOS ranks #4,372 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
13
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
22%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

309
298
198
158
134
125
117
92
68
66
63
58
53
51
42
41
33
32
32
21
20
20
19
18
18
16
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DECOS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRIAL
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
TRIAL 5.90 bits
12.6% →
ALTER 5.52 bits
8.4% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
6.7% →
TONAL 5.11 bits
5.7% →
SLART 4.95 bits
5.3% →
CAIRN 5.28 bits
5.0% →
LEARE 4.65 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.44 bits
2.9% →
TALER 4.47 bits
2.8% →
RAINE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1C3O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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