5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DENET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To reduce the price of (a book) below its agreed-upon net value with the publisher.

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 DENET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DENET 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,389 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SITAR GRAIN LAIRY SAUTE SAUCY
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DENET 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,389 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DENET ranks #5,389 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
21
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:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
233
173
147
106
103
86
81
60
59
51
39
38
31
31
31
27
26
25
25
24
24
21
19
16
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DENET:

22% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
7% chance
Suggested:
SITAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
SORAL 5.94 bits
9.9% →
SORAL 5.34 bits
7.3% →
SITAR 4.99 bits
6.2% →
GRAIN 5.12 bits
4.5% →
SORAL 5.11 bits
4.4% →
SORAL 4.22 bits
3.6% →
LAIRY 4.83 bits
3.4% →
SAUTE 4.44 bits
2.5% →
SAUCY 4.22 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1N1E1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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