5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

IDIOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪdiət//ˈɪd͡ʒət/

Noun

A person of low general intelligence.

“Only an idiot would fail this exam.”

Noun

A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

“He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football.”

Adjective

Idiotic, stupid.

Alternative forms: idjit, idget, eejit

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 IDIOT performs as a guess

IDIOT 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,336 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___T I in the 1st position and T in the 5th position I__O_ I in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _D__T D in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TARTE SANER SLANE LEARE SERAL
Words starting with I Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IDIOT 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,336 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IDIOT ranks #10,336 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
263
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
27%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P U N C H
D I V O T
I D I O T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches IDIOT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

649
275
185
153
133
127
113
83
76
67
50
44
39
35
32
28
27
27
18
16
13
12
10
10
9
9
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IDIOT:

28% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
CARLE 6.22 bits
11.7% →
CARLE 5.32 bits
7.8% →
TARTE 5.59 bits
6.5% →
SANER 5.11 bits
5.6% →
SLANE 5.06 bits
5.4% →
LEARE 5.25 bits
4.8% →
SERAL 5.27 bits
3.5% →
ROUTE 4.44 bits
3.2% →
SANER 4.64 bits
2.8% →
DRONE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1D2I1O1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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