5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ELEMI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines.

Noun

A resin harvested from the tree.

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 ELEMI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELEMI 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,750 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___I E in the 1st position and I in the 5th position E__M_ E in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__I L in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT ROAST SAINT SOLAR TRINE LATHE
Words starting with E Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELEMI 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,750 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELEMI ranks #10,750 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
756
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
25
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
20%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
351
260
145
138
105
82
81
81
57
50
45
44
34
32
30
27
25
16
16
15
15
15
15
13
12
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELEMI:

21% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
15% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
SNORT 5.98 bits
14.9% →
ROAST 5.54 bits
11.0% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 5.01 bits
5.9% →
TRINE 4.77 bits
4.5% →
LATHE 4.37 bits
3.5% →
TRAIL 4.15 bits
3.4% →
SONAR 5.00 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.55 bits
2.4% →
SHART 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1E1M3I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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