5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEVOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 DEVOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEVOT 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,803 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___T D in the 1st position and T in the 5th position D__O_ D in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN ARISE CRONY SITAR RAILE TARTE
Words starting with D Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEVOT 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,803 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEVOT ranks #7,803 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
14
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:
EOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

443
331
179
138
107
105
104
88
75
70
64
58
55
43
42
28
28
23
22
22
20
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEVOT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
SLAIN 5.86 bits
14.0% →
ARISE 5.40 bits
7.6% →
CRONY 5.03 bits
5.9% →
SITAR 4.93 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 4.66 bits
4.5% →
TARTE 4.77 bits
4.4% →
SNORE 4.60 bits
3.7% →
SAINE 4.56 bits
3.2% →
RAINE 4.74 bits
3.0% →
ARSON 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1V4O1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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