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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ENFIX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of infix.

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 ENFIX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ENFIX 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 333 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,614 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _N__X N in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SEARE SLART STIRE LAREE COAST
Words starting with E Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
333 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ENFIX 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,614 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ENFIX ranks #13,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
637
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
380
6 guesses
30
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
14%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

584
578
174
173
117
114
84
72
59
45
39
35
28
25
24
18
15
14
13
10
9
9
9
8
7
7
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ENFIX:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
25% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
24.5% →
SEARE 5.52 bits
7.4% →
ROAST 5.17 bits
7.3% →
SLART 5.00 bits
5.0% →
STIRE 4.40 bits
4.8% →
LAREE 4.73 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.99 bits
3.1% →
TYING 4.07 bits
2.5% →
FLORA 4.78 bits
1.9% →
LEARE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1N1F4I1X8
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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