5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

EKKAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ekka

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 EKKAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EKKAS 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,122 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__A_ E in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _K__S K in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT DOREE RATIO GLARE SPOUT SPREE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EKKAS 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#14,122 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EKKAS ranks #14,122 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
575
4 guesses
1,339
5 guesses
379
6 guesses
25
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
12%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
449
301
200
164
158
103
70
61
48
48
47
33
29
21
20
19
15
14
11
9
9
8
8
8
6
5
5
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EKKAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
19% chance
Suggested:
DOREE
13% chance
Suggested:
RATIO

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
DROIT 5.62 bits
19.0% →
DOREE 5.26 bits
12.8% →
RATIO 5.03 bits
8.5% →
GLARE 4.72 bits
7.0% →
SPOUT 5.01 bits
6.7% →
SPREE 4.93 bits
4.4% →
SHALT 4.72 bits
3.0% →
TONER 4.29 bits
2.6% →
SLART 4.16 bits
2.0% →
DECAL 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1K5K5A1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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