5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ERICK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of eric (“fine paid as compensation for violent crimes”).

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 ERICK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERICK 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,359 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__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT LEASE SETAE SORRY SLANT SONLY
Words starting with E Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERICK 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
#5,359 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERICK ranks #5,359 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
342
207
152
149
80
77
65
60
51
49
48
44
37
36
30
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERICK:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
15% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SAULT 5.99 bits
14.5% →
LEASE 5.57 bits
8.8% →
SETAE 4.77 bits
6.4% →
SORRY 4.98 bits
6.3% →
SLANT 5.03 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 5.16 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.36 bits
2.8% →
SONLY 4.82 bits
2.5% →
TILDE 4.47 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1I1C3K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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