5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ICKLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Little.

Noun

An icicle.

Alternative forms: eckle, ikkle

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 ICKLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ICKLE 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,189 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E I in the 1st position and E in the 5th position I__L_ I in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__E C in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SONAR SAINT RENAL COURT DINER
Words starting with I Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ICKLE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,189 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ICKLE ranks #7,189 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
22
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
26%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
277
213
175
135
104
94
74
66
62
54
53
51
45
40
38
31
28
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23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ICKLE:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
ROAST 6.03 bits
11.7% →
SONAR 5.22 bits
9.0% →
SAINT 5.41 bits
7.4% →
ROAST 5.35 bits
5.7% →
SONAR 5.23 bits
4.4% →
RENAL 4.51 bits
4.0% →
COURT 5.10 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.50 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.13 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1C3K5L1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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