5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ETHNE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ethnos

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 ETHNE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ETHNE 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,372 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 E__N_ E in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR TAROT SORAL SONAR SAUCY SLART
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETHNE 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,372 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETHNE ranks #10,372 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
762
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
22
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:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
229
197
191
135
121
99
83
78
77
48
38
36
36
35
35
33
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22
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETHNE:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
SOLAR 5.83 bits
9.7% →
SOLAR 5.16 bits
8.4% →
TAROT 5.39 bits
8.1% →
SORAL 4.87 bits
5.7% →
SONAR 5.03 bits
5.1% →
SAUCY 5.01 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.76 bits
3.5% →
SOILY 4.29 bits
3.3% →
ALIEN 4.43 bits
3.3% →
BIRTH 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1H4N1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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