5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DERMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː(ɹ)mə/

Noun

The inner layer of the skin.

Noun

Clipping of dermatologist.

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 DERMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DERMA 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,838 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__M_ D in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SLANT STILE TOISE SLATE PRINT
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DERMA 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,838 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DERMA ranks #2,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
245
218
148
134
120
101
72
64
51
46
46
43
33
32
32
30
28
26
25
25
24
24
22
21
20
19
19
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DERMA:

15% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
HOIST 5.84 bits
10.4% →
SLANT 5.48 bits
9.2% →
STILE 5.49 bits
6.3% →
TOISE 4.55 bits
5.7% →
SLATE 4.92 bits
5.1% →
PRINT 4.92 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.42 bits
3.1% →
CASTE 3.83 bits
2.7% →
SENTE 4.02 bits
2.2% →
MUSTY 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1R1M3A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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