5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEVEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of devvel (a hard blow)

Verb

Alternative spelling of devvel.

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 DEVEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEVEL 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 313 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,356 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___L D in the 1st position and L in the 5th position D__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SLANT ROANY SHART RAINY
Words starting with D Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
313 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEVEL 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,356 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEVEL ranks #10,356 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
31%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

739
282
234
121
96
96
81
75
47
43
36
31
30
26
26
24
23
19
19
18
17
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13
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11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEVEL:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
ROAST 6.00 bits
12.0% →
ROAST 5.51 bits
9.9% →
COAST 5.06 bits
5.1% →
ROAST 4.44 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.61 bits
4.1% →
ROANY 5.03 bits
3.4% →
SHART 4.83 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.72 bits
2.0% →
RAINY 4.59 bits
1.8% →
ARISE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1V4E1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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