5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DEWAN

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dəˈwɑːn//ˈdeɪwɑːn/

Noun

A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.

Alternative forms: dewaun, diwan, duan, deewan

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 DEWAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEWAN 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,500 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___N D in the 1st position and N in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

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COURT TOISE SLART COUNT RESET SIREE
Words starting with D Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEWAN 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,500 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEWAN ranks #5,500 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
204
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
300
264
173
126
90
76
75
61
58
46
39
35
31
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28
25
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEWAN:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
COURT 5.89 bits
12.7% →
TOISE 5.26 bits
11.2% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.3% →
SLART 4.88 bits
5.3% →
COUNT 5.13 bits
3.8% →
RESET 4.61 bits
3.2% →
SIREE 4.69 bits
3.2% →
GIANT 4.33 bits
2.6% →
CORAL 4.55 bits
2.5% →
SLIER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1W4A1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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