5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EPODE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛpəʊd//ˈɛpoʊd/

Noun

The after song; the part of a lyric or choral ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.

Noun

A kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one.

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 EPODE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EPODE 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,019 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__D_ E in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT ALTER TALON SLART SLANT PALSY
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EPODE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,019 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EPODE ranks #9,019 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
16
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
3 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

567
269
224
182
120
109
86
73
69
51
46
46
43
43
28
27
23
22
20
20
19
19
19
16
15
14
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EPODE:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
11.4% →
ALTER 5.37 bits
9.5% →
TALON 5.03 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.21 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 4.82 bits
4.6% →
PALSY 4.98 bits
3.6% →
TRIAD 5.03 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.69 bits
2.9% →
MOVER 3.91 bits
2.2% →
STEER 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1P3O1D2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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