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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

EERIE

Yes, EERIE was the Wordle answer on April 27, 2026 (Wordle #1773).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪəɹi//ˈɪɹi//ˈɪɚi/

Adjective

Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.

“The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.”

Adjective

Frightened, timid.

Noun

An eerie creature or thing.

Noun

Alternative spelling of eyrie.

Alternative forms: eery

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 27, 2026 (#1773).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How EERIE performs as a guess

EERIE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,284 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

E___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT ARSON SLANT SOLAR COAST SHALT
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EERIE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,284 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EERIE ranks #12,284 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
30
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

3/5 unique
4 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
39%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
D I R G E
E E R I E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EERIE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
225
218
169
130
120
96
83
81
69
68
64
45
39
32
28
27
23
22
19
19
18
17
17
15
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EERIE:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
ARSON
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
SAULT 5.88 bits
9.5% →
ARSON 5.01 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
7.2% →
SAULT 5.40 bits
5.5% →
SLANT 5.14 bits
5.1% →
SOLAR 4.09 bits
4.1% →
COAST 4.98 bits
3.5% →
SHALT 4.70 bits
3.4% →
SALTY 4.50 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1E1R1I1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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