5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

IGNIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 IGNIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IGNIS 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 373 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,462 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__I_ I in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _G__S G in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRICE ALURE LATER STILE
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
373 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IGNIS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,462 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IGNIS ranks #12,462 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
699
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
303
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:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
16%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

799
355
199
170
124
83
83
67
62
46
37
33
26
25
24
20
18
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IGNIS:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
ROATE 6.13 bits
15.1% →
STARE 5.71 bits
8.4% →
TRICE 5.30 bits
7.2% →
ROATE 5.26 bits
5.3% →
ALURE 5.37 bits
3.5% →
LATER 5.09 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
ROATE 4.60 bits
2.0% →
ROATE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1G2N1I1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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