5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EMICS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

Open Solver with EMICS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːmɪks/

Noun

The use of an emic approach.

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 EMICS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMICS 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,714 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___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

REATE TALON SLANT STRAE TIDAL MURAL
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMICS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,714 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMICS ranks #6,714 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
213
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
22%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

400
358
185
162
141
85
78
76
73
68
57
55
52
39
36
36
35
34
23
23
21
19
17
16
16
13
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMICS:

17% chance
Suggested:
REATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
REATE 5.47 bits
15.2% →
TALON 5.85 bits
7.8% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
6.9% →
STRAE 4.90 bits
6.0% →
TIDAL 5.00 bits
3.6% →
MURAL 5.01 bits
3.3% →
DINER 4.67 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.33 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
2.9% →
CLEAR 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3I1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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