5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEFOG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /diːˈfɒɡ//diːˈfɑɡ/

Verb

To remove the moisture or fog from.

Verb

To make intelligible; to free from confusion.

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 DEFOG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEFOG 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,909 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___G D in the 1st position and G in the 5th position D__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__G E in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLART TARSE COAST TORSE TASER RAINE
Words starting with D Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEFOG 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,909 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEFOG ranks #8,909 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
233
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

529
416
217
136
135
86
69
67
65
64
62
44
37
36
32
27
25
20
19
19
17
16
16
16
12
12
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEFOG:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLART
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
SLART 6.01 bits
17.6% →
TARSE 5.59 bits
9.2% →
COAST 5.15 bits
5.8% →
SLART 5.01 bits
5.7% →
TORSE 4.47 bits
3.6% →
TASER 4.45 bits
2.9% →
RAINE 4.75 bits
2.8% →
LAREE 4.76 bits
2.8% →
NADIR 4.64 bits
2.7% →
GAILY 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1F4O1G2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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