5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EGGAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡɚ//ˈɛɡə/

Noun

Any moth of the family Lasiocampidae.

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 EGGAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EGGAR 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,765 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__A_ E in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SOILY SENTE SLANT COURT SLATE CHART
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EGGAR 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,765 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EGGAR ranks #12,765 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
666
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
346
6 guesses
20
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
20%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
313
271
176
162
153
121
106
60
54
52
42
36
34
28
27
26
23
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20
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EGGAR:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
13% chance
Suggested:
SENTE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
13.3% →
SENTE 5.41 bits
11.5% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
7.5% →
COURT 5.24 bits
6.9% →
SLATE 4.98 bits
6.5% →
SENTE 4.70 bits
5.1% →
CHART 4.36 bits
4.5% →
SOILY 3.51 bits
2.5% →
SOULY 4.76 bits
2.3% →
NATAL 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1G2G2A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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