5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ILIUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪlɪəm/

Noun

The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.

Noun

The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).

Alternative forms: ilion

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 ILIUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ILIUM 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 67.1% of games, misses completely in 32.9%, and leaves about 343 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,636 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___M I in the 1st position and M in the 5th position I__U_ I in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _L__M L in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER STURE RONTE TRONE STANE
Words starting with I Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
343 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ILIUM 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
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,636 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ILIUM ranks #11,636 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
729
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
23
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:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
24%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

776
238
206
202
158
112
110
64
48
47
38
32
29
25
25
25
20
20
17
16
14
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ILIUM:

33% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SATER
9% chance
Suggested:
STURE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.9% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
10.1% →
SATER 5.33 bits
8.7% →
STURE 5.18 bits
8.6% →
RONTE 5.13 bits
6.7% →
TRONE 5.18 bits
4.7% →
STANE 4.82 bits
4.7% →
ROATE 5.31 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.27 bits
2.0% →
SARGE 4.60 bits
2.0% →
SALLE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1L1I1U1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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