5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

EMBOG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To bog down.

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 EMBOG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMBOG 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,838 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___G E in the 1st position and G in the 5th position E__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

STAIR SAINT COURT TORSE SAUCY RAILE
Words starting with E Words ending with G

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMBOG 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,838 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMBOG ranks #10,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
13%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

544
516
229
128
90
83
72
65
63
60
57
45
40
38
27
26
20
17
16
14
13
13
13
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10
10
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMBOG:

23% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
STAIR 5.49 bits
21.9% →
SAINT 6.04 bits
9.7% →
COURT 5.13 bits
5.4% →
TORSE 4.60 bits
3.8% →
SAUCY 4.81 bits
3.5% →
RAILE 4.82 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.47 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.79 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.86 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3B3O1G2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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