5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EYRIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna

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 EYRIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EYRIR 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 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,234 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___R E in the 1st position and R in the 5th position E__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__R Y in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST SAULT TRACE SNIDE TONAL
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EYRIR 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,234 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EYRIR ranks #11,234 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
320
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
367
178
158
155
138
109
95
91
59
47
46
45
43
40
29
28
28
27
22
20
17
12
12
11
11
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8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EYRIR:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
16% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SLANT 5.72 bits
15.6% →
COAST 6.00 bits
7.5% →
SAULT 4.82 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.13 bits
6.6% →
SLANT 5.36 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.87 bits
4.6% →
SNIDE 4.59 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.98 bits
3.9% →
COAST 3.65 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1Y4R1I1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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