5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

EMACS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːmæks/

Noun

Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.

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 EMACS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMACS 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,841 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DOREE DROIT TALON SNOUT SPREE ALTER
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMACS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,841 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMACS ranks #4,841 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
23%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
309
198
158
137
135
69
68
62
55
55
51
50
48
45
43
37
36
34
31
28
24
19
15
14
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMACS:

15% chance
Suggested:
DOREE
13% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
DOREE 5.23 bits
13.1% →
DROIT 5.67 bits
8.4% →
TALON 5.31 bits
6.7% →
SNOUT 4.94 bits
5.8% →
SPREE 5.00 bits
5.7% →
ALTER 4.73 bits
2.9% →
HUMOR 4.65 bits
2.9% →
DRAIN 4.42 bits
2.6% →
COULD 4.70 bits
2.3% →
SALTY 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3A1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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