5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EIDER

EIDER 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

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪdə//ˈaɪdɚ/

Noun

Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

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 EIDER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EIDER 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,585 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT STALE COAST CRARE SALTY PRINT
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EIDER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,585 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EIDER ranks #6,585 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
16
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
264
224
180
137
84
78
63
61
57
56
40
36
35
30
29
28
25
23
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EIDER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SLANT 5.92 bits
11.2% →
STALE 5.75 bits
9.5% →
COAST 5.67 bits
7.6% →
SLANT 5.65 bits
5.8% →
CRARE 4.71 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.32 bits
3.3% →
SALTY 3.61 bits
2.7% →
PRINT 4.28 bits
2.6% →
DONUT 4.67 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1I1D2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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