5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ELAND

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːlənd/

Noun

A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.

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 ELAND performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELAND 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #770 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___D E in the 1st position and D in the 5th position E__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT SOREE SATYR TARSE SILLY SIREE
Words starting with E Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELAND 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#770 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELAND ranks #770 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
155
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
286
148
105
95
87
84
81
77
69
65
59
54
46
44
43
42
29
24
23
23
22
22
21
21
19
17
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELAND:

13% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
12% chance
Suggested:
SOREE
6% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
SHORT 6.04 bits
12.1% →
SOREE 5.52 bits
6.3% →
SATYR 5.04 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 4.60 bits
4.0% →
SILLY 4.88 bits
3.7% →
SIREE 4.84 bits
3.6% →
SIREE 4.46 bits
3.4% →
TONIC 4.95 bits
3.3% →
SHART 4.86 bits
2.9% →
SOLAR 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1A1N1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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