5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ERUGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 ERUGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERUGO 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,535 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__G_ E in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _R__O R in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

LEASE SLATY SLANT SETAE MULCH SHIRT
Words starting with E Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERUGO 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,535 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERUGO ranks #7,535 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
247
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
3 vowels
Common:
EORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
25%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
333
188
184
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92
86
66
66
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49
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERUGO:

15% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
LEASE 5.52 bits
14.1% →
SLATY 5.78 bits
8.0% →
SLANT 5.13 bits
7.8% →
SETAE 4.63 bits
4.1% →
MULCH 4.25 bits
4.0% →
SHIRT 4.81 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.44 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.42 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.22 bits
2.8% →
CADEE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1U1G2O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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