5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DECYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom

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 DECYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DECYL 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 #5,525 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___L D in the 1st position and L in the 5th position D__Y_ D in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR SAUNT CHAIN SLATE CARSE
Words starting with D Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DECYL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,525 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DECYL ranks #5,525 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
21%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
377
163
157
126
123
89
89
72
70
65
63
44
35
33
29
26
23
23
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DECYL:

17% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
ROAST 6.15 bits
16.0% →
STAIR 5.63 bits
6.9% →
SAUNT 4.89 bits
6.7% →
CHAIN 5.26 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 5.11 bits
5.2% →
SLATE 4.69 bits
3.8% →
CARSE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
RANSE 4.88 bits
3.1% →
RAINE 4.71 bits
3.0% →
STAIR 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1C3Y4L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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