5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EBENA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 EBENA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EBENA 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,337 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___A E in the 1st position and A in the 5th position E__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _B__A B in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLART POIRE SONIC SIDER SALON
Words starting with E Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EBENA 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,337 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EBENA ranks #11,337 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
20%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
327
306
199
94
86
78
76
66
47
45
45
44
39
38
38
36
33
32
19
16
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16
11
10
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EBENA:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
13% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
13.9% →
SLART 5.35 bits
13.0% →
POIRE 5.21 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.01 bits
4.0% →
SONIC 4.72 bits
3.6% →
SIDER 4.65 bits
3.3% →
SALON 4.43 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 4.34 bits
2.8% →
BUILT 4.94 bits
2.0% →
SETER 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1B3E1N1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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