5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEFIS

DEFIS 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 DEFIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEFIS 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,943 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__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ALTER SLART PRINT LEARE TRINE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

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

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEFIS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,943 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEFIS ranks #6,943 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
339
216
157
156
123
96
70
68
63
57
53
36
30
29
27
26
26
22
21
19
18
17
16
16
16
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEFIS:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
14.4% →
ALTER 5.41 bits
9.2% →
SLART 5.32 bits
6.7% →
PRINT 4.92 bits
6.6% →
SLART 4.97 bits
5.2% →
LEARE 4.69 bits
4.1% →
TRINE 4.55 bits
3.0% →
ROANY 4.80 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.66 bits
2.7% →
STINK 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1F4I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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