Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

EVEGS

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

No dictionary definition for EVEGS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use EVEGS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 84.3% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How EVEGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EVEGS 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 375 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,856 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe EVEGS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.58 Entropy (bits)
375 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How EVEGS 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#13,856 Rank among openers
Opening with EVEGS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.89 average. It ranks #13,856 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
625
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
391
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
15%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

EVEGS can come back 61 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

738 answers
441 answers
314 answers
154 answers
111 answers
58 answers
54 answers
53 answers
36 answers
35 answers
34 answers
33 answers
30 answers
30 answers
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26 answers
23 answers
20 answers
19 answers
15 answers
14 answers
9 answers
9 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers
5 answers
5 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1V4E1G2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing EVEGS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to EVEGS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EVEGS:

31% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
CAROL 5.87 bits
18.5% →
RAILE 5.27 bits
13.2% →
SAULT 5.16 bits
6.5% →
ROATE 4.75 bits
4.7% →
ROANY 5.17 bits
2.4% →
TREAD 4.58 bits
2.3% →
RAILE 4.76 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 4.55 bits
1.5% →
CRUET 3.78 bits
1.5% →
SHALT 3.95 bits

Research on EVEGS

Game-tree analysis and word research for EVEGS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with EVEGS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.91 guesses and ranks #13,939 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.05 guesses at best and is rank #6,766 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.89, at or below the proven-optimal 3.91, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).