5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

EBBET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛbɪt/

Noun

The eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens.

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 EBBET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EBBET 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 67.1% of games, misses completely in 32.9%, and leaves about 374 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,258 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _B__T B in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SNARE SONAR SOLAR TASTE RANSE
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

3.57 Entropy (bits)
374 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EBBET 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,258 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EBBET ranks #14,258 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
572
4 guesses
1,318
5 guesses
401
6 guesses
28
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
27%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

776
388
220
167
141
114
89
50
47
45
45
30
17
17
15
14
14
12
12
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6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EBBET:

33% chance
Suggested:
SALON
16% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.9% →
SALON 5.70 bits
16.5% →
SNARE 5.34 bits
9.3% →
SONAR 5.21 bits
7.1% →
SOLAR 4.53 bits
6.0% →
SONAR 4.92 bits
4.8% →
TASTE 4.69 bits
3.8% →
SOLAR 4.81 bits
2.1% →
RANSE 3.89 bits
2.0% →
SNEER 3.91 bits
1.9% →
SERAL 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1B3B3E1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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