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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

DETER

Yes, DETER was the Wordle answer on June 12, 2024 (Wordle #1089).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɜː//dɪˈtɝ//dɪˈtɛr/

Verb

To prevent something from happening.

Verb

To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

“Their boss deterred them from both taking holidays at the same time, claiming he couldn't manage it all on his own.”

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: June 12, 2024 (#1089).

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

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How DETER performs as a guess

DETER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,683 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SAINT COALY SLANE COAST AROSE
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DETER 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,683 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DETER ranks #4,683 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
16
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:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
31%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
D E T E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches DETER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

488
207
200
198
96
94
84
83
75
51
44
44
42
39
37
35
30
24
23
21
19
17
17
16
15
15
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DETER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SLAIN 5.98 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.57 bits
8.5% →
COALY 5.10 bits
8.4% →
SLANE 5.39 bits
4.1% →
COAST 4.68 bits
4.0% →
AROSE 4.26 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 4.88 bits
3.5% →
SOILY 3.59 bits
3.2% →
ALOUD 4.79 bits
2.2% →
ALIEN 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1T1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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