5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DEIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ.ɪst//ˈdiː.ɪst/

Adjective

Of or relating to deism and deists.

Noun

A person who believes in deism.

Alternative forms: deïst

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 DEIST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEIST 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #240 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__S_ D in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL CARLE COALY LEARE CLARY NORTH
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEIST 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#240 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEIST ranks #240 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,026
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
140
6 guesses
12
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:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
263
115
103
100
99
72
70
67
66
53
50
49
48
42
42
41
37
36
32
29
27
26
25
25
22
21
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEIST:

14% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
5% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
CAROL 6.07 bits
11.2% →
CARLE 5.39 bits
4.9% →
COALY 4.87 bits
4.4% →
LEARE 4.73 bits
4.2% →
CLARY 4.88 bits
4.2% →
NORTH 4.92 bits
3.1% →
PARLE 4.79 bits
3.0% →
TARTE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
BROAD 4.73 bits
2.8% →
CLARY 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1I1S1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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