5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ELOIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Obsolete spelling of eloign.

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 ELOIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELOIN 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,882 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___N E in the 1st position and N in the 5th position E__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SMART TORCH SHIRT REATE TRIDE
Words starting with E Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELOIN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,882 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELOIN ranks #1,882 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EILNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
29%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
233
124
116
110
92
82
81
77
73
56
51
49
47
45
44
40
39
39
36
27
26
22
22
21
19
19
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELOIN:

14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SMART
5% chance
Suggested:
TORCH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
TARSE 5.64 bits
9.9% →
SMART 5.82 bits
5.3% →
TORCH 4.97 bits
4.9% →
SHIRT 5.27 bits
4.7% →
REATE 4.77 bits
3.9% →
TRIDE 4.55 bits
3.5% →
TROOP 4.36 bits
3.4% →
SAULT 4.93 bits
3.3% →
SCANT 4.89 bits
3.1% →
SORER 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1O1I1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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