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

ETHOS

Yes, ETHOS was the Wordle answer on July 28, 2023 (Wordle #769).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːθɒs//ˈiθɑs//ˈiθoʊs/

Noun

The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.

Noun

A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.

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: July 28, 2023 (#769).

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

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How ETHOS performs as a guess

ETHOS 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,410 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE GRAIL CLARY TAINT SNAIL RANEE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETHOS 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
#7,410 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETHOS ranks #7,410 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
21
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:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
13%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ETHOS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
312
171
120
117
117
106
99
64
62
55
46
46
44
41
41
33
31
31
30
27
26
25
23
22
22
21
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETHOS:

17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
GRAIL
7% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
RAILE 5.49 bits
13.2% →
GRAIL 5.66 bits
7.3% →
CLARY 5.04 bits
5.1% →
TAINT 5.41 bits
5.0% →
SNAIL 5.00 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 4.82 bits
4.5% →
RANEE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
BORNE 4.29 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.89 bits
2.6% →
BALER 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1H4O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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