5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EYRIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪə.ɹi//ˈaɪ.ɹi//ˈɛː.ɹi/

Noun

The nest of a bird of prey.

Noun

Any high and remote but commanding place.

Alternative forms: aerie, aery, eyry, ayrie

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 EYRIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EYRIE 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,233 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

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___E E in the 1st position and E in the 5th position E__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST ARSON SAULT SLANT SOLAR TONAL
Words starting with E Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EYRIE 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
0.71 Volatility
#9,233 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EYRIE ranks #9,233 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
25
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

367
193
178
175
165
155
140
95
69
63
59
57
51
46
36
35
34
32
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EYRIE:

16% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
COAST 6.00 bits
8.2% →
ARSON 4.96 bits
7.5% →
SAULT 4.82 bits
7.4% →
SLANT 5.37 bits
7.0% →
SAULT 5.37 bits
6.6% →
SLANT 5.36 bits
5.9% →
SOLAR 4.32 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.98 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.31 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1Y4R1I1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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