5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ECHOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of echo

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 ECHOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ECHOS 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,426 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL TONAL SAINT REATE RONTE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ECHOS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,426 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ECHOS ranks #8,426 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
29
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
12%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
342
181
161
147
103
89
79
73
56
55
50
49
44
43
39
36
34
28
27
20
20
18
16
13
12
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ECHOS:

19% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
TONAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
RAILE 5.47 bits
14.5% →
TRAIL 5.97 bits
7.7% →
TONAL 5.07 bits
6.8% →
SAINT 5.45 bits
6.2% →
REATE 5.08 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.49 bits
3.8% →
CAIRN 5.17 bits
3.4% →
RANEE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
TALER 4.47 bits
2.4% →
MIRTH 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1C3H4O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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