5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

EMMER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛmə//ˈɛmɚ/

Noun

Any of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.

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 EMMER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMMER 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 354 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,822 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _M__R M in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST IRATE SOILY ALIEN
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
354 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMMER 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,822 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMMER ranks #13,822 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
617
4 guesses
1,303
5 guesses
361
6 guesses
33
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
22%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

728
360
322
182
108
86
79
46
44
38
36
33
27
27
21
19
17
15
15
14
14
12
12
10
7
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMMER:

31% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
14% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
SAINT 6.04 bits
15.3% →
SLANT 5.67 bits
13.7% →
COAST 5.40 bits
7.7% →
IRATE 4.56 bits
4.6% →
SOILY 3.53 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.83 bits
3.4% →
ALIEN 4.44 bits
2.0% →
SAINT 4.06 bits
1.9% →
DENSE 3.87 bits
1.6% →
CAROM 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3M3E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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