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

EILDS

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

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

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use EILDS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How EILDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EILDS 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,191 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe EILDS 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.

4.88 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How EILDS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#5,191 Rank among openers
Opening with EILDS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.67 average. It ranks #5,191 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
20%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

EILDS can come back 98 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

326 answers
317 answers
176 answers
153 answers
134 answers
128 answers
120 answers
67 answers
64 answers
60 answers
58 answers
54 answers
52 answers
45 answers
33 answers
31 answers
31 answers
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29 answers
25 answers
25 answers
25 answers
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14 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1I1L1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Strategy after playing EILDS

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EILDS:

14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
REATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
COURT 5.87 bits
13.3% →
REATE 5.53 bits
7.4% →
ROAST 5.24 bits
6.4% →
STRAE 4.95 bits
5.6% →
CLOUT 4.82 bits
5.4% →
BEARE 4.64 bits
5.0% →
TRAIN 5.37 bits
2.8% →
REATE 4.58 bits
2.7% →
TRINE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 3.82 bits

Research on EILDS

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

Optimal play

Opening with EILDS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,500 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 EILDS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.67, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, 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.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).