5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ESKAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of esker.

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 ESKAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ESKAR 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,227 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___R E in the 1st position and R in the 5th position E__A_ E in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _S__R S in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TOILE TALON DROIT SNOUT TRIPE
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ESKAR 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,227 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ESKAR ranks #8,227 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
14
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
19%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

304
231
183
134
133
126
120
107
100
92
88
53
46
45
43
42
35
32
30
29
27
25
21
20
18
18
17
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ESKAR:

13% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
MOULT 5.42 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.39 bits
7.8% →
TALON 5.01 bits
5.7% →
DROIT 4.91 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 5.00 bits
5.3% →
TRIPE 4.44 bits
5.1% →
TABLE 4.68 bits
4.5% →
SPENT 4.76 bits
4.2% →
DIARY 4.21 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 3.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1S1K5A1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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