5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EDGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tool that is used to trim the edges of a lawn.

Noun

A woodworking tool for straightening the edges of wood and cutting it into boards.

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 EDGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EDGER 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,605 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___R E in the 1st position and R in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _D__R D in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST DAILY SAINT DRAIN ANILE
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EDGER 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,605 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EDGER ranks #9,605 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
17
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
290
262
147
103
92
82
67
57
57
47
36
35
30
29
27
25
24
21
20
16
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EDGER:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
SLANT 5.92 bits
12.3% →
SLANT 5.81 bits
11.1% →
COAST 5.66 bits
6.2% →
COAST 4.87 bits
4.4% →
DAILY 4.71 bits
3.9% →
COAST 3.48 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 5.01 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.47 bits
2.4% →
DRAIN 4.48 bits
2.4% →
ANILE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1D2G2E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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