5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EPHOD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiː.fɒd//ˈɛ.fɒd/

Noun

A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.

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 EPHOD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EPHOD 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,639 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _P__D P in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

LAREE SAINT SLART RONTE RAINE SETAE
Words starting with E Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EPHOD 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,639 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EPHOD ranks #7,639 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
15
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
16%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

453
434
206
133
120
89
89
86
83
76
61
53
43
34
32
31
25
22
22
21
21
20
18
17
11
8
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EPHOD:

19% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
LAREE 5.40 bits
18.4% →
SAINT 6.15 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.26 bits
5.6% →
SAINT 5.20 bits
5.1% →
RONTE 4.60 bits
3.8% →
RAINE 4.75 bits
3.8% →
SETAE 4.97 bits
3.6% →
PLAIT 5.03 bits
3.5% →
LAREE 5.15 bits
3.2% →
TALER 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1P3H4O1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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