5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ECHES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% 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 ECHES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ECHES 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,730 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SAINT RAINY CAIRN SLART
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ECHES 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,730 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ECHES ranks #11,730 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
26
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
20%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
322
225
161
140
122
95
76
64
64
44
38
27
26
25
25
24
23
23
22
20
18
18
17
13
12
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ECHES:

25% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
TALON 5.89 bits
13.7% →
RAILE 5.25 bits
9.5% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
6.8% →
RAINY 4.34 bits
5.9% →
CAIRN 5.30 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.85 bits
4.0% →
NORTH 5.06 bits
3.2% →
CHANT 3.93 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.43 bits
2.7% →
CRANE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1C3H4E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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