5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

ERASE

Yes, ERASE was the Wordle answer on December 10, 2025 (Wordle #1635).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹeɪs//i-//ɪˈɹeɪz/

Verb

To remove (markings or information).

“I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.”

Verb

To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

“I'm going to erase this tape.”

Noun

The operation of deleting data.

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 10, 2025 (#1635).

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

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How ERASE performs as a guess

ERASE 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,876 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___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__S_ E in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT TALON STINK INLET ROUET TORCH
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERASE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,876 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERASE ranks #5,876 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
21
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C R I S P
E R A S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ERASE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
205
132
120
114
91
83
82
80
69
50
48
48
40
40
39
36
35
32
31
31
24
23
22
21
21
21
21
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERASE:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON
6% chance
Suggested:
STINK

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
CLOUT 5.43 bits
8.7% →
TALON 5.17 bits
5.6% →
STINK 4.82 bits
5.1% →
INLET 5.01 bits
4.8% →
ROUET 4.01 bits
3.9% →
TORCH 4.94 bits
3.5% →
CAROL 4.55 bits
3.5% →
TOILE 4.61 bits
3.4% →
PRINT 4.08 bits
2.9% →
CLEAN 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1A1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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