5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

EXECS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of exec

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 EXECS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EXECS 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 71.1% of games, misses completely in 28.9%, and leaves about 356 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,975 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__C_ E in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _X__S X in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SAINT STAIR CAIRN THALE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.57 Entropy (bits)
356 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EXECS 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,975 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EXECS ranks #13,975 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
601
4 guesses
1,320
5 guesses
369
6 guesses
29
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
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
18%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

682
474
288
148
144
78
68
50
48
34
33
32
29
23
22
21
20
18
16
13
12
11
8
8
7
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EXECS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALON
20% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.9% →
TALON 5.84 bits
20.1% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
12.2% →
SAINT 5.28 bits
6.3% →
STAIR 4.79 bits
6.1% →
CAIRN 5.35 bits
3.3% →
THALE 3.73 bits
2.9% →
RAILE 4.70 bits
2.1% →
TREAD 4.64 bits
2.0% →
REVEL 4.18 bits
1.4% →
SLART 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1X8E1C3S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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