Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

DIVNA

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

No dictionary definition for DIVNA is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use DIVNA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How DIVNA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIVNA 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,534 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe DIVNA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.29 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How DIVNA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#7,534 Rank among openers
Opening with DIVNA left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,534 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
24%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

DIVNA can come back 95 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

562 answers
470 answers
180 answers
109 answers
90 answers
85 answers
74 answers
59 answers
54 answers
53 answers
49 answers
44 answers
38 answers
38 answers
38 answers
36 answers
35 answers
30 answers
23 answers
21 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1V4N1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing DIVNA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to DIVNA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIVNA:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
20% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SOREL 6.11 bits
19.7% →
TARSE 5.67 bits
7.6% →
STILE 5.33 bits
4.6% →
SOLER 5.07 bits
3.8% →
SHOTE 4.27 bits
3.6% →
SOREL 4.68 bits
3.1% →
ERODE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
BLARE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.50 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 4.28 bits

Research on DIVNA

Game-tree analysis and word research for DIVNA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with DIVNA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.74 guesses and ranks #7,725 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with DIVNA can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.74, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).