5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DEWAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdjuː.ə//ˈduː.ɚ/

Noun

A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.

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 DEWAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEWAR 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,865 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___R D in the 1st position and R in the 5th position D__A_ D in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT STILE COURT STALE POISE
Words starting with D Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEWAR 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
0.72 Volatility
#5,865 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEWAR ranks #5,865 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

387
251
227
154
133
95
94
73
64
47
47
46
45
42
32
30
30
28
25
22
21
21
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEWAR:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
10.6% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
9.6% →
STILE 5.47 bits
6.5% →
COURT 5.25 bits
5.6% →
STALE 4.62 bits
4.0% →
POISE 4.62 bits
4.0% →
CHART 4.43 bits
3.1% →
SOILY 3.54 bits
2.7% →
SENTE 4.10 bits
2.0% →
GRATE 3.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1W4A1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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