5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

EARST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Obsolete spelling of erst.

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.

Why this solver ranks EARST highly

This solver ranks EARST highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 78 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #39 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #48 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___T E in the 1st position and T in the 5th position E__S_ E in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

COULD GENIE DRIER PLAIN GRIND SLINK
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.76 Entropy (bits)
78 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.7% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EARST 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#48 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EARST ranks #48 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
103
3 guesses
1,023
4 guesses
1,075
5 guesses
138
6 guesses
11
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:
AERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
35%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

142 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

234
181
151
100
94
85
84
71
67
65
57
52
45
38
37
34
33
30
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27
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23
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EARST:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
8% chance
Suggested:
GENIE
6% chance
Suggested:
DRIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
COULD 5.50 bits
7.7% →
GENIE 5.07 bits
6.4% →
DRIER 4.44 bits
4.2% →
PLAIN 4.86 bits
4.0% →
GRIND 4.70 bits
3.6% →
SLINK 4.74 bits
3.6% →
ALANE 4.58 bits
3.0% →
DRAIN 4.33 bits
2.8% →
CANDY 4.08 bits
2.8% →
TOUCH 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1A1R1S1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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