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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

EPOCH

Yes, EPOCH was the Wordle answer on December 6, 2021 (Wordle #170).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːpɒk//ˈɛpɒk//ˈɛpək/

Noun

A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.

Noun

A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.

Verb

To divide (data) into segments by time period.

Alternative forms: epocha

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 6, 2021 (#170).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How EPOCH performs as a guess

EPOCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,372 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position

Try next

REATE SAINT TALON SLART RONTE PARLE
Words starting with E Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EPOCH 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,372 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EPOCH ranks #6,372 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
23
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
24%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
E P O C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EPOCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

491
420
191
93
87
80
77
76
63
59
57
42
41
40
35
30
27
24
22
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EPOCH:

21% chance
Suggested:
REATE
18% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
REATE 5.44 bits
17.8% →
SAINT 6.12 bits
8.1% →
TALON 5.03 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.70 bits
3.7% →
RONTE 4.46 bits
3.4% →
PARLE 4.93 bits
3.3% →
PLAIT 4.99 bits
3.2% →
CAIRN 5.11 bits
2.7% →
TARSE 4.87 bits
2.5% →
LAREE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1P3O1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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