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IDLER

Yes, IDLER was the Wordle answer on April 30, 2025 (Wordle #1411).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ̯dləː//ˈaɪ̯dlɚ/

Noun

One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.

Noun

One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.

Adjective

comparative form of idle: more 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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 30, 2025 (#1411).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How IDLER performs as a guess

IDLER 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,850 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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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 _D__R D in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COAST TEASE SAINT SLATE SHINE SLANT
Words starting with I Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.06 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IDLER 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,850 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IDLER ranks #3,850 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
15
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:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
22%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
I D L E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches IDLER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

289
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144
106
84
69
61
57
54
53
42
37
36
33
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IDLER:

12% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
TEASE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.3% →
COAST 5.86 bits
8.2% →
COAST 5.76 bits
8.1% →
TEASE 5.56 bits
7.4% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
6.4% →
COAST 5.26 bits
6.1% →
COAST 4.99 bits
4.5% →
SLATE 4.84 bits
3.6% →
COAST 3.54 bits
2.9% →
SHINE 4.55 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1D2L1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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