5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ETENS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% 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 ETENS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ETENS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,401 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___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE TAROT SHALY CABIN PARLE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETENS 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
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,401 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETENS ranks #7,401 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
223
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
21%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
332
199
164
122
119
101
98
74
73
34
34
33
33
33
30
27
26
26
20
19
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12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETENS:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
14.1% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
8.4% →
TAROT 5.36 bits
7.0% →
SHALY 5.04 bits
5.2% →
CABIN 5.00 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 4.80 bits
4.3% →
PARLE 4.76 bits
4.2% →
ALIEN 4.55 bits
3.1% →
COALY 4.39 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1E1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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