Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

DEOCH

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

No dictionary definition for DEOCH is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use DEOCH in a puzzle

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

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How DEOCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEOCH 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,902 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe DEOCH used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.73 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DEOCH 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.66 Spread of game lengths
#2,902 Rank among openers
Opening with DEOCH left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.66 means those games clustered within about 0.66 of a guess of the 3.64 average. It ranks #2,902 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

DEOCH can come back 93 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

426 answers
383 answers
167 answers
140 answers
92 answers
89 answers
76 answers
76 answers
60 answers
60 answers
56 answers
50 answers
47 answers
43 answers
41 answers
35 answers
33 answers
32 answers
30 answers
29 answers
18 answers
18 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1O1C3H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing DEOCH

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DEOCH.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEOCH:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SAINT 6.22 bits
16.1% →
SLART 5.70 bits
7.0% →
TALON 5.16 bits
5.9% →
REATE 4.56 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.73 bits
3.7% →
CAIRN 5.15 bits
3.2% →
WORSE 4.21 bits
3.2% →
RAINE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.73 bits
2.5% →
LURID 4.66 bits

Research on DEOCH

Game-tree analysis and word research for DEOCH, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DEOCH, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,758 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DEOCH can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.64, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).