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ERROR

Yes, ERROR was the Wordle answer on August 29, 2021 (Wordle #71).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹə//ˈɛɹəɹ//ˈeɹəɹ/

Noun

The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

Noun

A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

“There was a large error in the accounts.”

Verb

To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

“The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.”

Verb

To show or contain an error or fault.

“The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.”

Alternative forms: errour

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 29, 2021 (#71).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ERROR performs as a guess

ERROR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,866 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

E___R E in the 1st position and R in the 5th position E__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT LEASE SLANT SONCE CADIE LEARE
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERROR 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,866 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERROR ranks #13,866 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
644
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
373
6 guesses
33
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
F R E E D
E R R O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ERROR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

564
472
240
107
99
97
84
78
70
63
50
45
44
41
41
29
25
21
17
16
14
10
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERROR:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
20% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
SAINT 6.01 bits
20.0% →
LEASE 5.48 bits
10.2% →
SLANT 5.04 bits
4.5% →
SONCE 4.39 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 4.58 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 3.88 bits
3.6% →
CADIE 4.28 bits
3.3% →
LEARE 4.66 bits
3.0% →
SHART 4.54 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1R1O1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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