5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ENEMA

Yes, ENEMA was the Wordle answer on October 21, 2021 (Wordle #124).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ə.mə/

Noun

An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.

Noun

The fluid so injected.

Verb

To administer an enema.

“It's common to enema before anal sex.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 21, 2021 (#124).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ENEMA performs as a guess

ENEMA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

E___A E in the 1st position and A in the 5th position E__M_ E in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _N__A N in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COURT SLART POIRE SOILY TRAIN RINSE
Words starting with E Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ENEMA 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ENEMA ranks #11,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
18%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
E N E M A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ENEMA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
316
307
210
154
111
82
69
51
43
43
43
33
32
31
29
28
25
25
19
16
15
15
14
12
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ENEMA:

19% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART
13% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
COURT 5.82 bits
13.4% →
SLART 5.33 bits
13.0% →
POIRE 5.19 bits
8.9% →
SLART 4.97 bits
6.5% →
SOILY 4.91 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.45 bits
3.5% →
RINSE 4.57 bits
2.9% →
MUSTY 4.64 bits
2.2% →
SETER 4.00 bits
1.8% →
SCRAM 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1N1E1M3A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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