5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEEMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /diːmz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of deem

Noun

plural of deem

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 DEEMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEEMS 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,335 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__M_ D in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL RAILE SAINT ROAST BOARD MOLAR
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEEMS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,335 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEEMS ranks #10,335 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
25%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
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105
92
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60
48
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEEMS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TONAL 5.96 bits
14.2% →
RAILE 5.27 bits
11.9% →
SAINT 5.26 bits
5.5% →
ROAST 4.69 bits
4.5% →
BOARD 5.09 bits
3.9% →
MOLAR 4.91 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.84 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.72 bits
2.0% →
RAINY 4.57 bits
1.8% →
ALERT 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1E1M3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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