- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It fits this list and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words starting with IMP
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words that start with IMP.
6 matching words
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This list has 6 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: IMPEL (December 28, 2022).
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No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The IMP prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- I most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 4th (17%).
- M most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- P most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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IMPEL
To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
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Past Wordle answer: December 28, 2022.
IMPLY
To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
“Correlation does not imply causation”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
IMPED
a creature without feet
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
IMPIS
plural of impi
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IMPOT
Synonym of imposition (“task imposed on a student as punishment”)
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
IMPRO
Improv (improvisation).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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