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EMAIL

Yes, EMAIL was the Wordle answer on March 11, 2023 (Wordle #630).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːmeɪl//ˈiˌmeɪl//ɛˈmeɪl/

Noun

A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.

“He sent me his details via email.”

Noun

The quantity of messages sent through an email system.

“I am searching through my old email.”

Verb

To send an email or emails to.

“She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.”

Verb

To send (data) through email.

“I’ll email you the link.”

Alternative forms: e-mail, E-mail, emayle

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: March 11, 2023 (#630).

See the full page for that puzzle: March 11, 2023 (#630).

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How EMAIL performs as a guess

EMAIL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.3% of games, misses completely in 10.7%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,094 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe EMAIL used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.11 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How EMAIL 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#4,094 Rank among openers
Opening with EMAIL left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.65 average. It ranks #4,094 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
E M A I L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EMAIL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

EMAIL can come back 109 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

308 answers
253 answers
155 answers
153 answers
125 answers
123 answers
91 answers
91 answers
76 answers
73 answers
56 answers
56 answers
44 answers
40 answers
36 answers
35 answers
32 answers
31 answers
30 answers
30 answers
30 answers
29 answers
28 answers
26 answers
23 answers
19 answers
19 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3A1I1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing EMAIL

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to EMAIL.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMAIL:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOREE
11% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
7% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0%
SOREE 5.57 bits
10.7%
SNORT 5.84 bits
6.5%
SHIRT 5.02 bits
6.4%
NASTY 4.82 bits
5.3%
RINSE 4.80 bits
5.2%
TARSE 4.58 bits
3.8%
SONLY 4.40 bits
3.8%
CHART 4.63 bits
3.2%
STURE 4.09 bits
3.1%
CLOSE 4.36 bits

Research on EMAIL

Game-tree analysis and word research for EMAIL, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with EMAIL, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.69 guesses and ranks #4,138 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.78 guesses at best and is rank #843 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.65, at or below the proven-optimal 3.69, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the second syllable Say it EEMAYL.

Rhymes with SCALE TRAIL WHALE SHALE SNAIL

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, EMAIL is a kind of transmission or message.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
EMAIL sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 48 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Learner level
Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A1); among the first words English learners study.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (4.4 of 5).

In a sentence

Can you email me that?
© tatoeba.org contributor rul (CC BY 2.0 FR)
Can you email it to me?
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).