5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

ERECT

ERECT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛkt/

Adjective

Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.

Adjective

Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.

“The penis should be fully erect before commencing copulation.”

Verb

To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.

“to erect a house or a fort”

Verb

To cause to stand up or out.

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

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 ERECT performs as a guess

ERECT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,556 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___T E in the 1st position and T in the 5th position E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ANILE SOLAR HOARD NASTY SOILY
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERECT 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,556 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERECT ranks #5,556 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
867
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
E R E C T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ERECT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
256
177
144
133
99
98
88
85
53
45
43
38
38
32
30
27
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24
23
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERECT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
SALON 5.87 bits
10.9% →
ANILE 5.41 bits
7.5% →
SOLAR 4.48 bits
6.1% →
HOARD 4.99 bits
5.6% →
NASTY 5.00 bits
4.2% →
SOILY 4.66 bits
4.2% →
CLAIM 5.19 bits
3.7% →
DRAIN 4.47 bits
3.6% →
TASTE 4.78 bits
2.2% →
SOULY 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1E1C3T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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