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

EBONY

Yes, EBONY was the Wordle answer on May 3, 2024 (Wordle #1049).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛb.ən.i/

Noun

A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

Noun

A tree that yields such wood.

Adjective

Made of ebony wood.

Adjective

A deep, dark black colour.

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: May 3, 2024 (#1049).

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

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How EBONY performs as a guess

EBONY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,060 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

STAIR SLART SAULT CORAL RANEE VOTER
Words starting with E Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EBONY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,060 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EBONY ranks #8,060 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
E B O N Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EBONY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
356
161
143
121
103
87
76
75
71
50
46
44
41
41
39
27
24
23
22
22
17
17
15
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EBONY:

21% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
STAIR 5.57 bits
15.1% →
SLART 6.12 bits
6.8% →
SAULT 4.74 bits
6.1% →
CORAL 5.02 bits
5.1% →
RANEE 4.73 bits
4.4% →
SLART 4.96 bits
3.7% →
VOTER 4.40 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.79 bits
3.2% →
LEARE 4.89 bits
3.0% →
SATIN 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1B3O1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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