5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

EXTRA

Yes, EXTRA was the Wordle answer on December 25, 2022 (Wordle #554).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstɹə//ˈɛksʈɾa/

Adjective

Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

“I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.”

Adjective

Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.

“You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!”

Adverb

To an extraordinary degree.

“That day he ran to school extra fast.”

Noun

Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.

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: December 25, 2022 (#554).

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

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How EXTRA performs as a guess

EXTRA 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,229 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

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

E___A E in the 1st position and A in the 5th position E__R_ E in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SONLY SLANE HOIST CRONY
Words starting with E Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EXTRA 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
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,229 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EXTRA ranks #11,229 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
27
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
16%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
E X T R A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EXTRA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

339
253
210
206
149
130
121
104
89
86
78
57
55
39
32
31
31
26
26
24
22
22
18
18
15
12
11
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EXTRA:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
10.7% →
SEINE 5.39 bits
8.9% →
SONLY 5.21 bits
8.7% →
SEINE 4.55 bits
6.3% →
SLANE 4.62 bits
5.5% →
HOIST 5.14 bits
5.1% →
CRONY 4.55 bits
4.4% →
GROAN 4.00 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 4.57 bits
3.6% →
SEINE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1X8T1R1A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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