5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

ESTER

ESTER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛstɚ//ˈɛstə/

Noun

A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

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

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 ESTER performs as a guess

ESTER 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,628 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___R E in the 1st position and R in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _S__R S in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANILE SLAIN TAINT DRAPE SAINT
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ESTER 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
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,628 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ESTER ranks #7,628 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
E S T E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ESTER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
205
200
181
140
120
89
84
82
71
62
60
50
48
48
40
36
34
32
28
18
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ESTER:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COALY 5.71 bits
8.7% →
COALY 5.14 bits
8.5% →
ANILE 5.43 bits
7.7% →
SLAIN 5.14 bits
5.9% →
TAINT 5.12 bits
5.1% →
DRAPE 4.51 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 4.55 bits
3.6% →
COALY 3.46 bits
3.5% →
SPALE 4.71 bits
3.0% →
TRAIT 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1S1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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