5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ECRUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ecru

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 ECRUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ECRUS 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,628 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__U_ E in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LIANE AINEE DROIT SAINT SLANT
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ECRUS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,628 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ECRUS ranks #5,628 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
25
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
15%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
285
213
165
162
135
111
109
64
53
45
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ECRUS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
9% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
TALON 5.96 bits
12.1% →
LIANE 5.38 bits
9.0% →
AINEE 4.39 bits
7.0% →
DROIT 5.30 bits
6.9% →
SAINT 5.26 bits
5.7% →
SLANT 5.01 bits
4.7% →
CHAIN 5.20 bits
4.6% →
GUILT 4.66 bits
2.7% →
THALE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
STUNK 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1C3R1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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