5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

ETHER

Yes, ETHER was the Wordle answer on June 6, 2024 (Wordle #1083).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiː.θə//ˈi.θɚ//ˈɛðɚ/

Noun

The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.

Noun

The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.

Verb

To viciously humiliate or insult.

“The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.”

Verb

Alternative form of edder.

Alternative forms: æther, aether, aethyr, ethyr

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 6, 2024 (#1083).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ETHER performs as a guess

ETHER 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,728 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.

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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 _T__R T in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE COALY SAINT CRAPE SAUCY
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETHER 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
0.71 Volatility
#8,728 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETHER ranks #8,728 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
24
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:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
E T H E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ETHER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
233
214
175
141
106
94
88
76
69
62
52
42
41
39
36
34
23
23
21
17
17
17
16
16
15
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETHER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SLAIN 5.93 bits
9.9% →
SLANE 5.38 bits
9.1% →
COALY 5.00 bits
7.4% →
SAINT 5.28 bits
6.0% →
CRAPE 4.57 bits
4.5% →
SAUCY 4.86 bits
4.0% →
SOILY 3.57 bits
3.7% →
SLATE 4.82 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.51 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1H4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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