Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EPOPT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia.

Noun

One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.

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 EPOPT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EPOPT 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,682 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EPOPT 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,682 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EPOPT ranks #11,682 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
27
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:
EOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
26%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

487
450
197
135
123
98
94
87
72
65
65
50
44
29
28
24
23
19
18
18
16
15
14
13
12
11
11
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EPOPT:

21% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
19% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7%
RAILE 5.44 bits
19.1%
SNAIL 5.88 bits
8.4%
LAIRY 5.01 bits
5.7%
RAINY 4.91 bits
5.2%
TARTE 5.03 bits
4.2%
CLARY 4.49 bits
4.0%
LOVER 4.38 bits
3.7%
SAURY 4.61 bits
3.1%
LAREE 5.06 bits
2.8%
CLARY 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1P3O1P3T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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