5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EVILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈiːvɪlz//ˈiːvəlz/

Noun

plural of evil

Noun

Synonym of evil eye (“dirty look”).

“Don't go giving me evils!”

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 EVILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EVILS 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,822 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__L_ E in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _V__S V in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT REATE SHART SAREE ANTIC CLOAK
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EVILS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,822 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EVILS ranks #8,822 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
266
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
22%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
352
182
152
145
136
124
67
66
53
45
41
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EVILS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
COURT 5.82 bits
14.9% →
REATE 5.50 bits
7.7% →
SHART 5.24 bits
6.4% →
SAREE 4.89 bits
6.1% →
ANTIC 5.18 bits
5.8% →
CLOAK 4.84 bits
5.3% →
BEARE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
TRONE 4.27 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.64 bits
2.2% →
TRUCE 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1V4I1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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