5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ETAPE

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of étape.

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 ETAPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ETAPE 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,048 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY CAROL IDLER HOIST NOIRE SNARL
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETAPE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,048 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETAPE ranks #8,048 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
34%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
229
197
180
125
113
93
91
73
71
57
47
46
38
34
33
32
32
27
24
24
24
21
19
18
18
16
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETAPE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
IDLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
9.7% →
CAROL 5.29 bits
8.4% →
IDLER 4.93 bits
7.6% →
HOIST 5.21 bits
5.3% →
NOIRE 4.48 bits
4.8% →
SNARL 4.27 bits
3.9% →
TAINT 4.50 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.58 bits
3.1% →
SOILY 4.72 bits
3.0% →
SHIER 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1A1P3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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