5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ETROG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The yellow citron (Citrus medica) used in Sukkot ritual.

Alternative forms: esrog, ethrog

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 ETROG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ETROG 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,350 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___G E in the 1st position and G in the 5th position E__O_ E in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _T__G T in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN LEASE CADEE TACIT SHALT COALY
Words starting with E Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ETROG 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,350 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ETROG ranks #5,350 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
204
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:
EORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
19%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

329
262
194
132
128
124
107
74
69
59
59
50
49
47
42
39
38
38
31
26
25
25
19
18
18
18
17
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ETROG:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
LEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
CADEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SLAIN 5.91 bits
11.1% →
LEASE 5.48 bits
8.2% →
CADEE 4.48 bits
5.6% →
TACIT 5.05 bits
5.4% →
SHALT 5.06 bits
5.3% →
COALY 4.82 bits
4.5% →
CAIRN 4.83 bits
3.1% →
SONCE 4.44 bits
2.9% →
SAUCY 4.13 bits
2.5% →
ACORN 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1T1R1O1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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