5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DEXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of dex

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 DEXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEXES 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 335 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,842 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__E_ D in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position DE_ES D in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SLART RAILE ROANY LAIRY CLARY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
335 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEXES 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,842 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEXES ranks #13,842 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
622
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
370
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
28%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

732
317
266
157
146
118
107
54
48
30
28
28
28
26
22
22
22
18
17
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7
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEXES:

31% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
TALON 5.83 bits
13.4% →
SLART 5.24 bits
11.3% →
RAILE 5.01 bits
6.7% →
ROANY 4.22 bits
6.2% →
SLART 4.75 bits
5.0% →
LAIRY 4.90 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 4.89 bits
2.3% →
RAINY 4.59 bits
2.0% →
RAINE 4.43 bits
1.3% →
COALY 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1X8E1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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