5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ILEUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪliəs/

Noun

Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.

Noun

Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract from any cause.

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 ILEUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ILEUS 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,147 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__U_ I in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

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REATE CRONY TRAIN SPORT MOURN TRIDE
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ILEUS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,147 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ILEUS ranks #6,147 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
27
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:
EILSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
20%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
270
192
124
119
116
113
99
86
69
68
56
49
47
45
38
34
31
30
29
23
22
22
21
19
18
17
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ILEUS:

12% chance
Suggested:
REATE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
REATE 5.46 bits
11.5% →
CRONY 5.71 bits
8.1% →
TRAIN 5.27 bits
5.3% →
SPORT 5.17 bits
5.0% →
MOURN 4.54 bits
4.9% →
TRIDE 4.66 bits
4.8% →
REATE 4.58 bits
4.2% →
SHART 4.82 bits
3.6% →
RALLY 4.80 bits
2.9% →
STINK 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1L1E1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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