5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ESTOC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate.

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 ESTOC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ESTOC 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,557 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _S__C S in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE DAILY GODLY SHALY SAREE TAINT
Words starting with E Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ESTOC 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,557 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ESTOC ranks #5,557 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
14%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
266
149
140
117
112
102
100
90
85
76
58
56
56
48
34
33
32
30
27
24
21
19
18
18
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17
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15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ESTOC:

15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
DAILY
6% chance
Suggested:
GODLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
RAILE 5.55 bits
11.3% →
DAILY 5.71 bits
6.3% →
GODLY 4.87 bits
5.9% →
SHALY 5.08 bits
5.0% →
SAREE 4.86 bits
4.7% →
TAINT 5.12 bits
4.3% →
TIARE 4.78 bits
4.2% →
CAIRN 5.15 bits
3.8% →
GONER 4.28 bits
3.6% →
LEARE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1S1T1O1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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