5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EASTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of east

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 EASTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EASTS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,201 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__T_ E in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DOREE COULD ACORN BLARE COURT SPREE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EASTS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,201 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EASTS ranks #10,201 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
27
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
355
183
143
111
109
108
97
91
64
64
58
58
42
41
38
33
32
32
31
23
18
17
16
15
14
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11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EASTS:

15% chance
Suggested:
DOREE
15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
8% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
DOREE 5.26 bits
15.1% →
COULD 5.57 bits
7.8% →
ACORN 4.95 bits
6.1% →
BLARE 4.75 bits
4.7% →
COURT 5.06 bits
4.6% →
SPREE 4.76 bits
4.6% →
RANDY 4.05 bits
4.1% →
SLINK 4.69 bits
3.9% →
TIMER 4.70 bits
2.7% →
SNORT 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1A1S1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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