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

ETHIC

Yes, ETHIC was the Wordle answer on May 10, 2023 (Wordle #690).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.ɪk/

Adjective

Moral, relating to morals.

Noun

A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

“The Protestant work ethic.”

Noun

The morality of an action.

Alternative forms: ethick

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: May 10, 2023 (#690).

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

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How ETHIC performs as a guess

ETHIC 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,300 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

LAREE SALON TROUT SONLY SEARE RINSE
Words starting with E Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETHIC 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETHIC ranks #7,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
20
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
13%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
F E T I D
E T H I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ETHIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

409
378
140
137
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126
106
86
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40
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETHIC:

17% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
16% chance
Suggested:
SALON
6% chance
Suggested:
TROUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
LAREE 5.44 bits
16.0% →
SALON 5.87 bits
5.9% →
TROUT 5.24 bits
5.8% →
SONLY 4.99 bits
5.6% →
SEARE 4.97 bits
5.3% →
RINSE 4.71 bits
4.5% →
CLOAK 5.15 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 5.06 bits
3.2% →
SAURY 5.01 bits
2.6% →
SAINT 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1H4I1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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