5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

ELEGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/

Noun

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

“funeral elegy”

Noun

A composition of mournful character.

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 ELEGY performs as a guess

ELEGY 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,104 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y E in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position E__G_ E in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR SORAL SATER COAST SAINT
Words starting with E Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELEGY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,104 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELEGY ranks #11,104 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
743
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
18
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
D E U C E
E L E G Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ELEGY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
430
188
155
118
98
83
64
62
46
42
40
40
38
32
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
14
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELEGY:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
18% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
18.2% →
STAIR 5.51 bits
8.0% →
ROAST 4.75 bits
6.6% →
SORAL 5.13 bits
5.0% →
SATER 4.51 bits
4.2% →
COAST 4.59 bits
3.5% →
SAINT 5.12 bits
2.7% →
SOLAR 3.77 bits
2.6% →
SHART 4.89 bits
2.0% →
SAFER 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1E1G2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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