5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DENTE

DENTE 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

Proper noun

A surname from Italian.

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 DENTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DENTE 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 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,053 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__T_ D in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL ROAST SOLAR GRAIN LAIRY SAUNT
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DENTE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,053 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DENTE ranks #6,053 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
18
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
37%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
215
183
153
147
86
77
66
64
60
59
40
38
38
33
31
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21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DENTE:

22% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
SORAL 5.94 bits
9.1% →
ROAST 5.47 bits
7.8% →
SORAL 4.95 bits
6.5% →
SOLAR 4.99 bits
6.2% →
GRAIN 5.12 bits
3.6% →
LAIRY 4.83 bits
3.3% →
SOLAR 4.70 bits
2.8% →
SAUNT 4.53 bits
2.7% →
SOAPY 4.43 bits
2.5% →
SAUCY 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1N1T1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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