5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ERGOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈəːɡət//ˈəːɡɒt//ˈəɹɡət/

Noun

Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.

Noun

The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.

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 ERGOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERGOT 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN LEASE COALY SAUCY HAIRY TASTE
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERGOT 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERGOT ranks #3,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

330
262
177
124
104
93
90
74
55
53
53
52
52
46
46
45
42
42
30
28
26
26
24
23
19
18
17
17
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERGOT:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEASE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SLAIN 5.91 bits
11.1% →
LEASE 5.48 bits
7.5% →
LEASE 4.61 bits
5.3% →
COALY 4.82 bits
4.4% →
SAUCY 4.70 bits
3.9% →
HAIRY 4.78 bits
3.8% →
TASTE 4.86 bits
3.1% →
SONCE 4.44 bits
2.3% →
CADIE 4.39 bits
2.2% →
SALUE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1G2O1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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