5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of deme

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 DEMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEMES 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,537 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DE_ES D in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL SAINT ORATE ROANY SLART BOARD
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEMES 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,537 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEMES ranks #9,537 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
775
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
250
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
281
239
138
132
105
97
91
48
47
36
34
32
28
27
27
25
24
20
20
20
17
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15
13
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEMES:

26% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
ORATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TONAL 5.96 bits
11.9% →
SAINT 5.26 bits
10.1% →
ORATE 5.13 bits
5.9% →
ROANY 4.18 bits
5.6% →
SLART 4.76 bits
4.5% →
BOARD 5.09 bits
4.1% →
MACRO 5.01 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.84 bits
2.0% →
RAINY 4.57 bits
2.0% →
RAILE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1M3E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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