5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

EROSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Irregularly notched, eaten away, as though bitten.

“an erose leaf”

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 EROSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EROSE 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,391 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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

PAINT TONAL DEALT SLANT PALET MAILE
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EROSE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,391 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EROSE ranks #7,391 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
165
160
152
140
116
97
83
82
58
50
47
46
43
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28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EROSE:

16% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
7% chance
Suggested:
DEALT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
PAINT 5.69 bits
7.0% →
TONAL 4.97 bits
6.8% →
DEALT 5.34 bits
6.4% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
5.9% →
PALET 4.46 bits
4.9% →
MAILE 4.54 bits
4.1% →
HAIRY 4.70 bits
3.5% →
TRAIN 4.31 bits
3.5% →
CAROM 4.50 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1O1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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