5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EMPTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of empt

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 EMPTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMPTS 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,187 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__T_ E in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE TAINT SLAIN SAREE TALER
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMPTS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,187 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMPTS ranks #6,187 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
14%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
419
169
146
119
110
97
85
60
59
54
47
45
37
36
33
26
23
23
21
19
17
16
16
16
15
15
12
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMPTS:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
CAROL 5.97 bits
17.8% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
7.2% →
TAINT 5.25 bits
6.2% →
SLAIN 5.02 bits
5.0% →
SAREE 4.89 bits
4.7% →
TALER 4.74 bits
4.1% →
MOLAR 5.10 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.44 bits
2.5% →
MORAE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
CARNE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3P3T1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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