5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

IDLED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of idle

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 IDLED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IDLED 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,707 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___D I in the 1st position and D in the 5th position I__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _D__D D in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAINT COAST PLATE TRINE SLART
Words starting with I Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IDLED 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,707 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IDLED ranks #11,707 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
719
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
24
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

509
344
246
183
159
123
100
79
57
51
51
43
32
31
28
24
21
18
17
17
13
12
12
12
10
10
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IDLED:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
14.6% →
ROAST 5.74 bits
10.4% →
SAINT 5.41 bits
7.8% →
COAST 5.24 bits
6.7% →
ROAST 4.59 bits
5.2% →
PLATE 4.71 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.61 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.39 bits
2.4% →
DEARE 4.67 bits
2.2% →
ARENE 3.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1D2L1E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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