5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ICHOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪkɔː//-kə//ˈɪkə/

Noun

The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Noun

The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.

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 ICHOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ICHOR 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,623 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

I___R I in the 1st position and R in the 5th position I__O_ I in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _C__R C in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLANE TRAPE TRIED TRADE SAULT
Words starting with I Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ICHOR 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,623 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ICHOR ranks #4,623 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
16%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
249
209
187
104
101
88
79
77
54
52
51
49
47
46
41
37
36
34
33
23
20
19
18
16
16
15
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ICHOR:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SLATE 6.32 bits
10.6% →
SLANE 5.57 bits
8.9% →
TRAPE 5.32 bits
7.9% →
SLANE 5.20 bits
4.4% →
TRIED 4.73 bits
4.3% →
TRADE 4.44 bits
3.7% →
SLATE 5.45 bits
3.3% →
SAULT 4.15 bits
3.3% →
LANCE 5.21 bits
2.3% →
LEANT 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1C3H4O1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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