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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ENSUE

Yes, ENSUE was the Wordle answer on August 5, 2024 (Wordle #1143).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsjuː//ɪnˈʃuː//ɛnˈsjuː/

Verb

To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.

“Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.”

Verb

To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).

Alternative forms: insue

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: August 5, 2024 (#1143).

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

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How ENSUE performs as a guess

ENSUE 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,046 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__U_ E in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL TALER SLART ROANY TIARE CURLY
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ENSUE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,046 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ENSUE ranks #10,046 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
26
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:
ENSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
29%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
D E N S E
E N S U E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ENSUE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
287
197
185
144
139
79
71
55
52
42
39
38
35
29
27
26
25
20
19
19
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ENSUE:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
CAROL 5.99 bits
12.2% →
TALER 5.20 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.29 bits
7.8% →
ROANY 4.94 bits
6.1% →
TIARE 4.39 bits
5.9% →
CURLY 4.75 bits
3.4% →
ALIEN 4.43 bits
3.0% →
SLART 4.30 bits
2.3% →
SHART 4.23 bits
2.2% →
GAUNT 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1N1S1U1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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