5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEVIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of devi

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 DEVIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEVIS 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,354 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ALTER SLART PRINT CLARY TRINE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEVIS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,354 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEVIS ranks #8,354 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
23%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

469
324
225
168
153
122
98
74
70
70
59
35
32
30
27
25
21
21
21
18
17
17
16
16
14
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEVIS:

20% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
13.7% →
ALTER 5.44 bits
9.5% →
SLART 5.30 bits
7.1% →
PRINT 4.94 bits
6.5% →
SLART 4.95 bits
5.2% →
CLARY 4.81 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.74 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 4.79 bits
3.0% →
STINK 4.36 bits
3.0% →
TRAIN 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1V4I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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