5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

DEMUR

Yes, DEMUR was the Wordle answer on July 1, 2026 (Wordle #1838).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɜː//dɪˈmɜɹ/

Verb

Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.

“I demur to that statement.”

Verb

To submit a demurrer (“motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question of whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defence, and hence whether the party bringing the motion is required to answer or proceed further”).

Noun

An act of objecting or taking exception; a scruple; also, an exception taken or objection to something.

Noun

An act of continuing; a continuance.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 1, 2026 (#1838).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How DEMUR performs as a guess

DEMUR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,845 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__U_ D in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST THALE SIGMA COALY SLATY
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEMUR 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,845 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEMUR ranks #2,845 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
16
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
D E C R Y
D E M U R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DEMUR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

459
296
206
139
127
96
93
65
54
52
52
50
45
43
33
32
30
23
22
21
21
21
20
20
17
16
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEMUR:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
SLANT 6.05 bits
12.6% →
SLANT 5.87 bits
8.7% →
COAST 5.59 bits
5.9% →
SLANT 5.13 bits
5.4% →
COAST 4.95 bits
4.1% →
COAST 3.61 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
SIGMA 4.71 bits
2.3% →
COALY 4.56 bits
2.2% →
SLATY 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1M3U1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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