5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EDUCT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

That which is educed.

Verb

To educe, to extract.

Noun

A reactant.

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 EDUCT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EDUCT 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,752 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___T E in the 1st position and T in the 5th position E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _D__T D in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR SALON SONAR TARTE CLAIM ARIEL
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EDUCT 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,752 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EDUCT ranks #4,752 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
18
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:
ETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
393
139
120
108
107
104
92
86
66
52
48
46
39
37
27
23
21
21
20
20
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18
17
17
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14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EDUCT:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
17% chance
Suggested:
SALON
6% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SOLAR 5.44 bits
16.7% →
SALON 6.07 bits
5.9% →
SONAR 5.24 bits
5.1% →
TARTE 5.03 bits
4.6% →
CLAIM 5.27 bits
4.5% →
ARIEL 4.87 bits
4.4% →
DIARY 5.08 bits
3.9% →
SURLY 4.57 bits
3.6% →
SORAL 4.99 bits
2.8% →
SOLAR 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1D2U1C3T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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