5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ETICS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛtɪks/

Noun

The use of an etic approach.

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 ETICS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ETICS 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,136 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LAREE MORAL TROUT SHALY SAREE LEARE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETICS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,136 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETICS ranks #3,136 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
24%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
318
127
126
114
114
100
73
66
62
59
55
51
46
41
40
31
30
29
28
26
24
24
24
23
22
21
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETICS:

15% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
13% chance
Suggested:
MORAL
5% chance
Suggested:
TROUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
LAREE 5.43 bits
13.5% →
MORAL 5.73 bits
5.4% →
TROUT 5.32 bits
5.3% →
SHALY 4.98 bits
4.8% →
SAREE 4.88 bits
4.8% →
LEARE 4.93 bits
4.2% →
NADIR 4.83 bits
3.1% →
CAROL 5.07 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.64 bits
2.6% →
TRAIT 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1I1C3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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