5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

EARDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 EARDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EARDS 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,435 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__D_ E in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE SPILT PLAIT PRINT SPENT
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EARDS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,435 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EARDS ranks #2,435 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
909
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
14
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
25%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
183
152
141
120
103
102
95
88
71
65
57
56
55
45
43
37
35
35
34
31
30
30
26
25
22
22
22
20
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EARDS:

11% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
COUNT 5.74 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
TOILE 4.27 bits
6.0% →
SPILT 4.98 bits
5.1% →
PLAIT 4.84 bits
4.4% →
PRINT 4.77 bits
4.3% →
SPENT 4.73 bits
4.0% →
CONTE 4.09 bits
3.7% →
PLATE 4.66 bits
3.0% →
TRAIN 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1A1R1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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