5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

EPHAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).

Alternative forms: epha, ephi

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 EPHAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EPHAH 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,754 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__A_ E in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

SOILY SIREE TALON GLARE CORAL PILOT
Words starting with E Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EPHAH 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,754 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EPHAH ranks #13,754 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
645
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
377
6 guesses
29
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
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
18%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
464
333
210
82
78
77
76
64
61
52
46
43
38
27
27
26
20
19
16
15
12
10
9
8
7
7
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EPHAH:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
20% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
19.7% →
SIREE 5.35 bits
14.1% →
TALON 5.08 bits
8.9% →
GLARE 4.70 bits
3.5% →
CORAL 4.51 bits
3.3% →
PILOT 4.93 bits
3.3% →
PRISE 4.89 bits
3.2% →
SHIRT 4.79 bits
2.7% →
SIREE 4.81 bits
2.6% →
ROUTE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1P3H4A1H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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