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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

EVADE

Yes, EVADE was the Wordle answer on June 26, 2021 (Wordle #7).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈveɪd/

Verb

To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

“He evaded his opponent's blows.”

Verb

To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

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: June 26, 2021 (#7).

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

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How EVADE performs as a guess

EVADE 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,819 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__D_ E in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _V__E V in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TALON SOREL TOISE SLART ALTER
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EVADE 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,819 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EVADE ranks #12,819 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
670
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
345
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
32%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
K N E E D
E V A D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EVADE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
294
226
158
155
116
92
65
59
57
52
38
37
28
25
25
23
23
21
18
14
13
13
13
13
12
11
11
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EVADE:

25% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
HOIST 5.80 bits
12.5% →
TALON 5.19 bits
9.6% →
SOREL 4.96 bits
6.7% →
TOISE 4.37 bits
6.6% →
SLART 4.67 bits
4.9% →
ALTER 4.52 bits
3.9% →
ROUND 4.82 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.63 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.25 bits
2.4% →
SLART 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1V4A1D2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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