5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DEFAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents

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 DEFAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEFAT 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,830 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SNORE SALON SARGE SOUTH RENEW
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEFAT 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,830 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEFAT ranks #4,830 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
216
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

351
283
242
151
112
85
76
76
74
63
58
57
49
48
43
43
43
30
24
23
22
20
20
19
18
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEFAT:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
SNORE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
SOILY 5.73 bits
12.0% →
SNORE 5.39 bits
10.3% →
SALON 5.08 bits
6.4% →
SARGE 4.51 bits
4.7% →
SOUTH 5.10 bits
3.6% →
RENEW 4.27 bits
3.2% →
SOULY 4.57 bits
3.2% →
TRITE 4.54 bits
3.1% →
SATIN 4.26 bits
2.7% →
RIONE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1F4A1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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