5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ICKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A head of grain.

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 ICKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ICKER 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,654 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ICKER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,654 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ICKER ranks #6,654 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
867
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
19%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
281
220
194
141
96
95
89
83
70
59
54
41
41
35
35
34
32
27
26
25
18
17
16
14
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ICKER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SAULT 5.99 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.81 bits
9.3% →
SLANT 5.55 bits
8.2% →
ROAST 5.08 bits
6.0% →
TEASE 4.78 bits
4.1% →
ROAST 3.47 bits
4.0% →
STILE 4.45 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.59 bits
3.5% →
CLOTH 4.68 bits
3.0% →
TRIAD 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1C3K5E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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