5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EMBAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɑː/

Verb

To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.

Verb

To prohibit, debar (someone from doing something).

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 EMBAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMBAR 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,618 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R E in the 1st position and R in the 5th position E__A_ E in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _M__R M in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLANT COURT SLATE CHART
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMBAR 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,618 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMBAR ranks #6,618 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
21%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
280
228
155
142
134
104
94
67
52
44
40
40
36
33
33
32
27
24
24
20
19
18
18
17
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMBAR:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
11.9% →
SEINE 5.44 bits
9.7% →
SLANT 5.45 bits
6.6% →
COURT 5.13 bits
6.0% →
SEINE 4.71 bits
5.7% →
SLATE 5.04 bits
4.4% →
CHART 4.39 bits
4.0% →
SOILY 3.49 bits
2.8% →
MUSTY 4.71 bits
2.2% →
TRACE 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3B3A1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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