Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

EEVER

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

No dictionary definition for EEVER is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 EEVER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EEVER 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 64.7% of games, misses completely in 35.3%, and leaves about 407 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,268 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe EEVER used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.55 Entropy (bits)
407 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How EEVER 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.74 Spread of game lengths
#14,268 Rank among openers
Opening with EEVER left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.74 means those games clustered within about 0.74 of a guess of the 3.92 average. It ranks #14,268 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
617
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
440
6 guesses
32
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
29%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

EEVER can come back 62 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

838 answers
355 answers
286 answers
131 answers
107 answers
97 answers
81 answers
55 answers
49 answers
31 answers
28 answers
25 answers
24 answers
24 answers
19 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
10 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1E1V4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing EEVER

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to EEVER.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EEVER:

35% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
15% chance
Suggested:
COAST
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.3%
SLANT 5.86 bits
15.0%
COAST 5.39 bits
12.0%
SLANT 5.61 bits
5.5%
COAST 4.74 bits
4.5%
SOILY 3.53 bits
4.1%
SHALT 4.65 bits
3.4%
SLANT 4.60 bits
2.3%
STARY 3.96 bits
2.1%
SAINT 3.94 bits
1.3%
SNIDE 3.76 bits

Research on EEVER

Game-tree analysis and word research for EEVER, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with EEVER, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.92 guesses and ranks #14,195 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with EEVER can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.92, at or below the proven-optimal 3.92, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it EEVUR. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.