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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

EXULT

Yes, EXULT was the Wordle answer on December 4, 2021 (Wordle #168).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzʌlt/

Verb

To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

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 4, 2021 (#168).

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

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How EXULT performs as a guess

EXULT 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,424 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.

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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__L_ E in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _X__T X in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR CAIRN SITAR DEARE TARTE SNARY
Words starting with E Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EXULT 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
#11,424 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EXULT ranks #11,424 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
34
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:
ELTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches EXULT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
427
169
152
147
121
104
86
63
59
50
47
42
28
25
24
24
23
21
20
20
19
19
17
15
12
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EXULT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
18% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
7% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
SONAR 5.51 bits
18.1% →
CAIRN 6.04 bits
7.2% →
SONAR 5.14 bits
6.4% →
SITAR 4.93 bits
6.2% →
DEARE 4.63 bits
5.1% →
TARTE 4.99 bits
4.4% →
SNARY 4.44 bits
3.6% →
SONAR 4.92 bits
2.7% →
IDYLL 4.19 bits
2.5% →
SURGE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1X8U1L1T1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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