5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DEGAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To remove the gas from.

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 DEGAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEGAS 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,988 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRONE CAROL SPOUT ALTER PORTE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEGAS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,988 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEGAS ranks #4,988 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
15
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
23%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
260
234
172
130
126
104
90
59
58
57
55
54
42
34
34
32
31
25
24
22
19
18
18
17
16
15
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEGAS:

14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
COURT 5.83 bits
11.0% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
9.9% →
CAROL 5.18 bits
7.3% →
SPOUT 4.92 bits
5.5% →
ALTER 4.77 bits
5.3% →
PORTE 4.71 bits
4.4% →
SHALT 4.67 bits
3.8% →
REBEL 4.28 bits
2.5% →
CORAL 4.40 bits
2.5% →
GROUT 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1G2A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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