5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EXPAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛksˌpæt/

Noun

An expatriate; a person temporarily residing in a foreign nation, often for an occupation, training, or education.

Alternative forms: ex-pat

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 EXPAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EXPAT 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,338 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___T E in the 1st position and T in the 5th position E__A_ E in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _X__T X in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SIREE CLARY GLARE NORTH TRITE
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EXPAT 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,338 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EXPAT ranks #11,338 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
734
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
22
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:
AET

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
400
275
176
115
94
84
79
72
67
61
50
49
45
40
37
25
22
17
17
15
14
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EXPAT:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
17% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
12% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
17.0% →
SIREE 5.36 bits
11.7% →
CLARY 5.03 bits
7.5% →
GLARE 4.72 bits
4.9% →
NORTH 5.02 bits
4.0% →
TRITE 4.76 bits
3.6% →
ROUSE 4.67 bits
3.4% →
SOULY 4.69 bits
3.1% →
SATIN 4.17 bits
2.8% →
SIREE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1X8P3A1T1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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