5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EMYDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of emyd

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 EMYDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMYDS 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,889 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__D_ E in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL STAIN STAIR LAIRY ARIEL
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMYDS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,889 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMYDS ranks #11,889 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
10%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

462
457
216
203
148
106
102
97
63
61
42
40
26
24
24
23
23
19
13
12
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMYDS:

20% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
19.4% →
TRAIL 6.12 bits
9.2% →
STAIN 5.21 bits
8.6% →
STAIR 4.86 bits
6.3% →
LAIRY 4.47 bits
4.5% →
ARIEL 4.66 bits
4.3% →
DRAIN 5.22 bits
4.1% →
MACRO 5.02 bits
2.7% →
SAIST 4.34 bits
2.6% →
LAREE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3Y4D2S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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