5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

ELECT

ELECT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛkt//i-//ə-/

Noun

One chosen or set apart.

Noun

In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

Verb

To choose or make a decision (to do something).

Verb

(Of a group) to officially select one or more candidates in an election to hold office.

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

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 ELECT performs as a guess

ELECT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,010 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___T E in the 1st position and T in the 5th position E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR RAISE LOYAL RAINE CAROM TARTE
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELECT 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,010 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELECT ranks #6,010 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
216
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
E L E C T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ELECT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

432
333
165
162
110
107
104
104
71
54
50
37
36
33
31
30
28
25
24
24
20
17
17
16
16
16
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELECT:

18% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
14% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
7% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
SONAR 5.75 bits
14.1% →
RAISE 5.40 bits
7.0% →
LOYAL 4.99 bits
6.9% →
SONAR 5.24 bits
4.7% →
SONAR 4.94 bits
4.5% →
RAINE 4.44 bits
4.4% →
CAROM 5.25 bits
4.4% →
TARTE 4.92 bits
3.0% →
SONAR 4.23 bits
2.3% →
RAISE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1E1C3T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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