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

DENIM

Yes, DENIM was the Wordle answer on October 20, 2022 (Wordle #488).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛnɪm//ˈdɛnəm/

Noun

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

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: October 20, 2022 (#488).

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

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How DENIM performs as a guess

DENIM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,577 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___M D in the 1st position and M in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLART TARSE SHIRT ROAST SAUCY STILE
Words starting with D Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DENIM 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,577 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DENIM ranks #3,577 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
26%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
E K I N G
D E N I M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DENIM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

449
392
150
122
117
91
84
70
64
59
55
51
43
38
32
31
25
24
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DENIM:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
SLART 6.10 bits
16.6% →
TARSE 5.67 bits
6.4% →
SHIRT 5.19 bits
5.2% →
ROAST 5.23 bits
5.0% →
SLART 5.03 bits
3.9% →
SAUCY 4.75 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.57 bits
3.0% →
SOREE 4.63 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.29 bits
2.5% →
SAURY 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1N1I1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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