5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

ELIDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈlaɪd/

Verb

To leave out or omit (something).

Verb

To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.

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 ELIDE performs as a guess

ELIDE 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,158 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__D_ E in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SOLAR SAUNT LEGAL HOARD
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% 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 ELIDE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,158 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELIDE ranks #7,158 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
252
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
36%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
E L I D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ELIDE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

509
228
159
157
142
99
84
82
68
50
47
46
43
42
40
39
38
28
26
24
22
21
20
20
17
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELIDE:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
9.7% →
ROAST 5.34 bits
6.7% →
ROAST 5.15 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.22 bits
6.0% →
SOLAR 5.05 bits
4.2% →
SAUNT 4.64 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.54 bits
3.5% →
LEGAL 4.30 bits
2.9% →
HOARD 4.88 bits
2.1% →
SOLAR 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1I1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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