5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EHING

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

present participle and gerund of eh

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 EHING performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EHING 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,114 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___G E in the 1st position and G in the 5th position E__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__G H in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR TRAIL COAST SORAL SALON SLART
Words starting with E Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EHING 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,114 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EHING ranks #8,114 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
446
147
96
90
83
78
78
66
58
57
54
49
49
48
42
36
31
25
21
19
19
17
16
16
15
15
14
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EHING:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
19% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SOLAR 5.49 bits
18.9% →
SOLAR 5.99 bits
6.2% →
TRAIL 5.08 bits
4.1% →
COAST 4.83 bits
3.8% →
SORAL 4.60 bits
3.5% →
SALON 5.01 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.92 bits
3.3% →
ALURE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
RIFLE 4.43 bits
2.5% →
PRATE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1H4I1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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