5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

ICILY

ICILY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.sɪ.li/

Adverb

In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.

Adverb

In an uncaring or coolly angry manner.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 ICILY performs as a guess

ICILY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,321 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___Y I in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position I__L_ I in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__Y C in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE ROATE SARED RONTE TRONE
Words starting with I Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ICILY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,321 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ICILY ranks #12,321 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
327
6 guesses
30
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:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
32%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
I C I L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ICILY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

731
265
199
194
173
141
61
60
56
54
41
34
30
29
29
28
27
25
23
18
15
9
9
8
8
8
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6
6
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ICILY:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
11.2% →
SOARE 5.38 bits
8.4% →
ROATE 5.65 bits
8.2% →
SARED 4.89 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 5.24 bits
6.0% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
2.6% →
CLEAN 4.74 bits
2.5% →
SAUTE 4.72 bits
2.4% →
PRATE 4.40 bits
2.3% →
CONTE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1C3I1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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