5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EUGHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of eugh

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 EUGHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EUGHS 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,918 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL CAROL SAINT PARTE ROACH BLUNT
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EUGHS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,918 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EUGHS ranks #9,918 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
30
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:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
16%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

469
463
192
169
111
83
78
73
73
71
49
48
48
41
38
26
21
18
17
16
15
15
14
13
12
12
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EUGHS:

20% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
20% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
ARIEL 5.25 bits
19.6% →
CAROL 5.94 bits
8.1% →
SAINT 5.24 bits
7.2% →
PARTE 4.92 bits
4.7% →
ROACH 5.03 bits
3.5% →
BLUNT 4.87 bits
3.3% →
CARTE 5.01 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 5.00 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.21 bits
3.0% →
IRADE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1U1G2H4S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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