5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ICIER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of icy: more icy

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 ICIER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ICIER 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,314 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _C__R C in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

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SAULT SLATE ROAST TEASE SLANT CHANT
Words starting with I Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ICIER 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
0.72 Volatility
#9,314 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ICIER ranks #9,314 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
309
208
149
139
118
101
97
87
64
54
51
45
42
39
39
35
35
26
22
21
17
13
13
12
11
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ICIER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SAULT 5.96 bits
13.1% →
SLATE 5.81 bits
8.8% →
ROAST 5.06 bits
6.3% →
TEASE 4.73 bits
5.9% →
SLANT 5.09 bits
5.0% →
CHANT 4.97 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 3.44 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.64 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 5.16 bits
2.7% →
LEASE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1C3I1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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