5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EPICS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪks/

Noun

plural of epic

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 EPICS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EPICS 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,429 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LAREE TALON SAULT TIDAL STRAE CLARY
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EPICS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,429 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EPICS ranks #5,429 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
23%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
378
162
138
138
80
77
74
65
64
56
51
50
40
37
36
32
31
28
24
23
23
18
17
17
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EPICS:

17% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
16% chance
Suggested:
TALON
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
LAREE 5.39 bits
16.0% →
TALON 5.82 bits
6.9% →
SAULT 5.33 bits
5.8% →
TIDAL 4.93 bits
5.8% →
STRAE 4.93 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
3.3% →
DINER 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.33 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
POUTY 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1P3I1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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