5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DELLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlə/

Proper noun

A female given name originating as a coinage.

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 DELLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DELLA 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,610 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__L_ D in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TRONE SATYR TARSE SLUNG TERSE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DELLA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,610 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DELLA ranks #9,610 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
267
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
332
285
169
100
99
97
67
59
50
49
49
35
34
32
22
22
21
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19
19
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DELLA:

19% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
HOIST 5.99 bits
14.1% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
12.1% →
SATYR 5.10 bits
7.2% →
TARSE 4.89 bits
4.2% →
SLUNG 4.48 bits
4.2% →
TERSE 4.67 bits
4.1% →
SONAR 4.29 bits
2.8% →
SOREE 4.08 bits
2.5% →
IRONE 4.59 bits
2.1% →
SWORD 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1L1L1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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