5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEVAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of deva

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 DEVAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEVAS 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,756 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE TALON SPOUT ALTER SPIRE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEVAS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,756 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEVAS ranks #7,756 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
212
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
264
256
187
143
128
105
92
66
60
57
51
42
37
28
23
21
19
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
16
15
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEVAS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
COUNT 5.83 bits
11.2% →
TRONE 5.26 bits
10.9% →
TALON 5.06 bits
7.9% →
SPOUT 4.92 bits
6.1% →
ALTER 4.73 bits
5.4% →
SPIRE 4.75 bits
4.5% →
SHALT 4.70 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.20 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
WOULD 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1V4A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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