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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

EXIST

Yes, EXIST was the Wordle answer on October 18, 2022 (Wordle #486).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪst/[ɪɡˈzɪst]/əɡˈzɪst/

Verb

to be; have existence; have being or reality

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: October 18, 2022 (#486).

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

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How EXIST performs as a guess

EXIST 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

E___T E in the 1st position and T in the 5th position E__S_ E in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _X__T X in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LAREE CORAL NADIR COALY NORTH TARTE
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EXIST 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EXIST ranks #9,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
253
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
E X I S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EXIST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

431
428
134
127
106
94
87
75
71
55
54
52
50
46
46
43
37
30
30
24
22
21
19
16
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EXIST:

18% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
18% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
6% chance
Suggested:
NADIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
LAREE 5.42 bits
18.2% →
CORAL 5.85 bits
5.7% →
NADIR 4.89 bits
5.4% →
COALY 4.94 bits
4.5% →
NORTH 4.92 bits
4.0% →
TARTE 4.93 bits
3.7% →
PARLE 4.68 bits
3.2% →
CLARY 4.59 bits
3.0% →
DINER 4.77 bits
2.3% →
ALURE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1X8I1S1T1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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