5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of deer

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 DEERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEERS 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,849 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__R_ D in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL SLANT CAROL ANILE POTAE ALOUD
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEERS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,849 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEERS ranks #6,849 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
238
217
215
164
97
77
59
52
46
38
35
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEERS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TONAL 5.86 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
9.2% →
CAROL 5.13 bits
9.1% →
ANILE 5.46 bits
7.0% →
POTAE 4.36 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.59 bits
3.3% →
ALOUD 4.84 bits
2.5% →
THALE 4.30 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.36 bits
1.9% →
COALY 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1E1R1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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