5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ERICA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants

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 ERICA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERICA 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 91.1% of games, misses completely in 8.9%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,753 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___A E in the 1st position and A in the 5th position E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__A R in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SENTE SONLY SLATE SOREE SPLIT
Words starting with E Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERICA 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,753 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERICA ranks #1,753 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
197
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
30%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

209
203
192
168
138
107
76
74
73
69
56
45
44
44
43
40
36
34
32
27
27
25
24
23
22
22
22
21
21
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERICA:

9% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
9% chance
Suggested:
SENTE
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.9% →
SLOTH 5.41 bits
8.6% →
SENTE 5.41 bits
8.1% →
SONLY 5.35 bits
7.1% →
SLATE 5.01 bits
5.9% →
SOREE 4.63 bits
4.5% →
SPLIT 4.62 bits
3.2% →
TORUS 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.21 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 3.71 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1I1C3A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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