5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

EPENE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 EPENE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EPENE 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 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 355 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,021 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST LATER SLART CANON SAURY ALIEN
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
355 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EPENE 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,021 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EPENE ranks #13,021 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
676
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
343
6 guesses
25
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
35%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

790
260
240
180
139
123
84
68
43
39
38
32
27
23
21
20
19
13
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11
11
11
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7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EPENE:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
LATER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
ROAST 5.94 bits
11.0% →
LATER 5.19 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.23 bits
7.6% →
CANON 4.98 bits
5.9% →
SAURY 4.96 bits
5.2% →
ROAST 4.62 bits
3.6% →
ALIEN 4.25 bits
2.9% →
SLART 4.84 bits
1.8% →
SORAL 4.39 bits
1.7% →
SAICE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1P3E1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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