5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

IDEAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɪəz//aɪ̯ˈdi.əz//aːˈdɪɹz/

Noun

plural of idea

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 IDEAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IDEAS 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,795 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___S I in the 1st position and S in the 5th position I__A_ I in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _D__S D in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RONTE TRULY TALON CARLE PRINT SHUNT
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IDEAS 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
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,795 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IDEAS ranks #6,795 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
16%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

233
228
208
176
165
115
111
96
80
74
66
61
57
55
49
48
40
39
38
37
33
23
23
20
18
18
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IDEAS:

10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
RONTE 5.39 bits
9.7% →
TRULY 5.48 bits
8.8% →
TALON 5.04 bits
7.5% →
CARLE 4.83 bits
7.0% →
PRINT 4.87 bits
4.9% →
SHUNT 4.87 bits
4.7% →
TRINE 4.67 bits
4.1% →
SHALT 4.66 bits
3.4% →
PORTE 4.79 bits
3.1% →
STINK 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1D2E1A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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