5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ERUCT

ERUCT 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

Verb

To burp or belch.

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 ERUCT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERUCT 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,114 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T E in the 1st position and T in the 5th position E__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ANILE SOLAR LORRY SATIN TASTE
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERUCT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,114 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERUCT ranks #1,114 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,078
5 guesses
179
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
289
187
108
102
90
79
78
76
66
54
43
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERUCT:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
12% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
SALON 6.03 bits
12.3% →
ANILE 5.46 bits
7.9% →
SOLAR 4.50 bits
4.6% →
LORRY 4.87 bits
4.3% →
SATIN 4.90 bits
3.8% →
TASTE 4.79 bits
3.4% →
DRAIN 4.37 bits
3.3% →
SONLY 4.29 bits
3.2% →
CLAIM 5.10 bits
2.8% →
ALOSE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1U1C3T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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