5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ELANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of elan

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 ELANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELANS 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 90.0% of games, misses completely in 10.0%, and leaves about 97 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #569 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___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DOREE COURT CARAT SHORT SPREE CARTE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.37 Entropy (bits)
97 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELANS 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
0.69 Volatility
#569 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELANS ranks #569 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
1,009
4 guesses
1,097
5 guesses
152
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
28%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

254
235
139
124
103
93
92
81
78
69
63
51
51
47
47
44
41
37
32
31
27
25
25
25
24
22
20
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELANS:

11% chance
Suggested:
DOREE
10% chance
Suggested:
COURT
6% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
DOREE 5.33 bits
10.0% →
COURT 5.74 bits
5.9% →
CARAT 4.98 bits
5.3% →
SHORT 5.25 bits
4.4% →
SPREE 5.09 bits
3.9% →
CARTE 4.39 bits
3.9% →
DILLY 4.83 bits
3.4% →
DINER 4.71 bits
3.3% →
DOREE 4.25 bits
2.9% →
TONIC 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1A1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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