5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DELPH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of delf (“mine, quarry, ditch”).

Noun

Alternative spelling of Delft (“style of earthenware”).

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 DELPH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DELPH 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,758 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___H D in the 1st position and H in the 5th position D__P_ D in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR SONAR SLANE TARSE SAINT
Words starting with D Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DELPH 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,758 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DELPH ranks #4,758 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
8
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
1 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
346
201
128
96
96
88
78
75
70
69
67
47
42
31
30
28
20
20
20
19
18
16
15
15
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DELPH:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
15% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TRAIN 6.03 bits
14.7% →
STAIR 5.45 bits
8.5% →
SONAR 5.01 bits
5.4% →
SLANE 4.46 bits
4.1% →
STAIR 5.23 bits
4.1% →
TARSE 4.69 bits
3.7% →
SAINT 5.22 bits
3.3% →
ROANY 5.00 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.42 bits
3.0% →
TARSE 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1L1P3H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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