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

ELUDE

Yes, ELUDE was the Wordle answer on January 23, 2023 (Wordle #583).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈljuːd/[ɪˈlʉwd]/ɪˈlyːd/

Verb

To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

Verb

To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.

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: January 23, 2023 (#583).

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

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How ELUDE performs as a guess

ELUDE 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,272 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 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 SONAR LOYAL SNARY LAPEL DROIT
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELUDE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,272 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELUDE ranks #8,272 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
21
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:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
F L U M E
E L U D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ELUDE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
255
176
166
131
91
86
84
68
64
41
39
38
38
28
28
27
27
25
24
22
21
21
18
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELUDE:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
ROAST 6.07 bits
10.8% →
SONAR 5.24 bits
7.5% →
ROAST 5.11 bits
7.0% →
LOYAL 5.09 bits
5.6% →
SNARY 4.59 bits
3.9% →
LAPEL 4.39 bits
3.6% →
DROIT 5.21 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.59 bits
2.9% →
SHART 4.74 bits
2.7% →
DINER 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1U1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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