5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

EOLID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any nudibranch of the former genus Eolidia

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 EOLID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EOLID 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 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,213 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___D E in the 1st position and D in the 5th position E__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SHART SHIRT ARSON REATE SAUNT
Words starting with E Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EOLID 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,213 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EOLID ranks #3,213 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
16
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
3 vowels
Common:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

340
274
151
143
135
114
108
92
69
60
53
52
46
43
36
30
26
26
26
23
23
23
23
21
20
16
16
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EOLID:

14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SHART
6% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
TARSE 5.74 bits
11.6% →
SHART 5.94 bits
6.4% →
SHIRT 5.16 bits
6.1% →
ARSON 5.15 bits
5.7% →
REATE 4.75 bits
4.8% →
SAUNT 4.86 bits
4.6% →
TRINE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.55 bits
2.9% →
STARE 4.46 bits
2.5% →
WORSE 3.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1O1L1I1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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