5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ELBOW

Yes, ELBOW was the Wordle answer on March 26, 2025 (Wordle #1376).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛlbəʊ̯/[ˈæ̝wbɐw]/ˈɛlboʊ̯/

Noun

The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

Noun

Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

“the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back”

Verb

To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.

“He elbowed his way through the crowd.”

Verb

To strike with the elbow.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 26, 2025 (#1376).

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

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How ELBOW performs as a guess

ELBOW is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,080 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

E___W E in the 1st position and W in the 5th position E__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

STAIR SAINT COURT SAURY REATE TORSE
Words starting with E Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELBOW 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,080 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELBOW ranks #9,080 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
E L B O W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ELBOW in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
454
209
141
130
121
68
66
59
49
48
44
43
41
38
26
26
19
17
16
16
15
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELBOW:

20% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
STAIR 5.54 bits
19.2% →
SAINT 6.15 bits
8.9% →
COURT 5.21 bits
6.0% →
SAURY 4.80 bits
5.5% →
REATE 4.71 bits
5.1% →
TORSE 4.62 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.34 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.52 bits
2.5% →
LOCAL 4.34 bits
2.1% →
REATE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1B3O1W4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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