5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

EARLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of earl

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 EARLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EARLS 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 90.9% of games, misses completely in 9.1%, and leaves about 81 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,573 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__L_ E in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRIED TINGE SNOUT PRINT TANGY
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.53 Entropy (bits)
81 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EARLS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,573 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EARLS ranks #1,573 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
18
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:
AELRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
29%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

214
167
153
115
108
86
85
84
75
67
66
63
59
59
46
44
38
38
34
33
33
33
29
27
26
24
24
24
22
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EARLS:

9% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
6% chance
Suggested:
TINGE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
COUNT 5.60 bits
7.1% →
TRIED 4.52 bits
6.5% →
TINGE 5.14 bits
4.9% →
SNOUT 4.88 bits
4.6% →
PRINT 4.73 bits
3.6% →
TANGY 4.07 bits
3.6% →
SPENT 4.80 bits
3.6% →
CLOUT 4.54 bits
3.2% →
GRAND 4.27 bits
2.8% →
BOITE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1A1R1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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