Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

DEIDS

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

No dictionary definition for DEIDS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use DEIDS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How DEIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEIDS 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,086 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe DEIDS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.22 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DEIDS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#11,086 Rank among openers
Opening with DEIDS left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.79 average. It ranks #11,086 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

DEIDS can come back 74 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

491 answers
372 answers
232 answers
168 answers
163 answers
141 answers
93 answers
71 answers
52 answers
51 answers
50 answers
45 answers
41 answers
31 answers
30 answers
28 answers
22 answers
22 answers
21 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
14 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
11 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1I1D2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Strategy after playing DEIDS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DEIDS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEIDS:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
CAROL 5.99 bits
15.6% →
ALTER 5.41 bits
9.7% →
SLART 5.30 bits
7.0% →
ANTIC 5.15 bits
6.8% →
SLART 5.02 bits
5.9% →
LEARE 4.66 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.57 bits
3.0% →
LINER 4.64 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.08 bits
2.1% →
BOARD 4.68 bits

Research on DEIDS

Game-tree analysis and word research for DEIDS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DEIDS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.79 guesses and ranks #10,434 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DEIDS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.79, at or below the proven-optimal 3.79, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).