5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ERRED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɜːd//ɜɹd//ɛɹd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of err

Adjective

mistaken; erroneous

Verb

simple past and past participle of er

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 ERRED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERRED 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 315 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,048 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___D E in the 1st position and D in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST SAINT DAILY LEAST COATE
Words starting with E Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
315 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERRED 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,048 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERRED ranks #11,048 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
20
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
36%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

739
339
131
121
93
82
79
76
74
62
61
46
36
31
30
27
20
17
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
12
11
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8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERRED:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
6% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
SLANT 5.96 bits
14.4% →
SLANT 5.74 bits
5.6% →
COAST 5.19 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 4.63 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 3.66 bits
3.5% →
DAILY 4.57 bits
3.4% →
LEAST 4.62 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.88 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.41 bits
2.6% →
COATE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1R1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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