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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

EAGLE

Yes, EAGLE was the Wordle answer on December 24, 2024 (Wordle #1284).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡəl/[ˈɪi̯ɡəl] ~ [ˈɪi̯ɡl̩]

Noun

Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

Noun

A score of two under par for a hole.

“I got an eagle in the third hole.”

Verb

To score an eagle.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 24, 2024 (#1284).

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

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How EAGLE performs as a guess

EAGLE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,385 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

E___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__L_ E in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT SORED TRASH SATYR TRONE CLOUT
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EAGLE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,385 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EAGLE ranks #8,385 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
775
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
38%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
C A D G E
E A G L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EAGLE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
220
196
141
129
111
100
82
64
61
58
57
49
37
37
30
30
27
26
23
22
21
21
21
19
19
17
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EAGLE:

19% chance
Suggested:
COURT
9% chance
Suggested:
SORED
8% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
COURT 5.98 bits
9.3% →
SORED 5.02 bits
8.3% →
TRASH 5.14 bits
6.0% →
SATYR 4.09 bits
5.5% →
TRONE 4.59 bits
4.7% →
CLOUT 4.61 bits
4.2% →
SONAR 4.19 bits
3.5% →
TREAD 4.58 bits
2.7% →
GOURD 4.71 bits
2.6% →
SHART 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1A1G2L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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