5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

EARLY

Yes, EARLY was the Wordle answer on March 8, 2024 (Wordle #993).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɜːli//ˈɝli//ɚ̞li/

Adjective

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

“at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death”

Adjective

Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

“You're early today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.”

Noun

A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.

Adverb

At a time before expected; sooner than usual.

“We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.”

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: March 8, 2024 (#993).

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

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How EARLY performs as a guess

EARLY 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 90.6% of games, misses completely in 9.4%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,065 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___Y E in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position E__L_ E in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SEINE TOISE PRINT POISE STAIN
Words starting with E Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EARLY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#4,065 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EARLY ranks #4,065 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
21
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:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
36%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
A B Y S S
E A R L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EARLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

222
213
194
126
106
100
91
91
89
84
77
65
63
46
44
43
36
34
31
28
26
23
22
22
22
19
19
19
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EARLY:

9% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.4% →
HOIST 5.86 bits
9.0% →
SEINE 5.59 bits
8.2% →
TOISE 4.60 bits
5.3% →
PRINT 4.89 bits
4.5% →
POISE 3.87 bits
4.2% →
STAIN 5.15 bits
3.9% →
CLUNG 4.50 bits
3.9% →
GRANT 4.10 bits
3.8% →
STANE 4.53 bits
3.6% →
SEINE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1A1R1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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