5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DENAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

denial; refusal

Verb

To deny, refuse.

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 DENAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DENAY 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,356 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___Y D in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CRUST TORSE SLART SOILY INGOT RESET
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DENAY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,356 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DENAY ranks #4,356 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
35%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

316
316
224
174
124
102
76
74
73
60
59
55
37
29
29
29
29
28
21
19
19
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DENAY:

13% chance
Suggested:
CRUST
13% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
CRUST 5.94 bits
13.4% →
TORSE 5.46 bits
9.5% →
SLART 5.36 bits
7.4% →
SLART 4.91 bits
5.3% →
SOILY 4.16 bits
4.3% →
INGOT 4.91 bits
3.2% →
RESET 4.72 bits
3.1% →
STAIR 4.56 bits
3.1% →
STIRE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1N1A1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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