5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ELOPE

Yes, ELOPE was the Wordle answer on July 25, 2022 (Wordle #401).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈləʊp//ɛˈləʊp//ɪˈloʊp/

Verb

Of a married or engaged person, to run away from home with a paramour.

Verb

Of an unmarried person, to run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.

Alternative forms: ellope

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 25, 2022 (#401).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ELOPE performs as a guess

ELOPE 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,489 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.

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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 _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR RAINY SAURY STARY RENAL
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELOPE 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,489 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELOPE ranks #7,489 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
17
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
G L O B E
E L O P E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ELOPE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
245
212
152
147
99
81
80
67
63
61
48
43
42
41
39
31
26
23
23
22
22
19
18
18
17
17
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELOPE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SAINT 6.17 bits
10.4% →
STAIR 5.25 bits
9.0% →
RAINY 4.95 bits
6.4% →
STAIR 4.89 bits
6.2% →
SAURY 4.80 bits
4.2% →
STARY 4.50 bits
3.4% →
STAIR 5.12 bits
3.4% →
RENAL 4.40 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.48 bits
2.7% →
MOVER 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1O1P3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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