5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEIFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.faɪ//ˈdiː.ɪ.faɪ//ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/

Verb

To make into a god.

Verb

To regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt.

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 DEIFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEIFY 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,501 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___Y D in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position D__F_ D in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE SOLAR COAST SLART SLANT
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEIFY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,501 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEIFY ranks #8,501 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
18
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:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
464
157
155
123
103
73
66
66
50
40
33
32
31
29
28
23
22
18
18
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEIFY:

20% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
20% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
19.7% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
6.7% →
SOLAR 4.92 bits
6.6% →
COAST 5.27 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.95 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.98 bits
3.1% →
RINSE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.09 bits
2.8% →
ARENE 4.80 bits
2.1% →
SONAR 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1I1F4Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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