5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

ILIAC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪliæk/

Adjective

Relating to the ilium.

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 ILIAC performs as a guess

ILIAC 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,429 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__A_ I in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE RONTE TRONE LOWLY SALLE
Words starting with I Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ILIAC 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,429 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ILIAC ranks #9,429 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
247
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:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
B Y L A W
I L I A C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ILIAC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
350
155
134
133
129
110
104
63
61
51
50
47
44
29
28
26
26
22
21
20
15
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ILIAC:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TORSE 6.28 bits
14.8% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
6.6% →
RONTE 5.13 bits
5.7% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
5.6% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
5.5% →
LOWLY 4.76 bits
4.7% →
SALLE 4.89 bits
4.4% →
CRATE 5.03 bits
2.7% →
BROSE 4.55 bits
2.6% →
TREAD 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1L1I1A1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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