5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ILLER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of ill: more ill

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 ILLER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ILLER 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 85.4% of games, misses completely in 14.6%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,938 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___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 _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAUNT TEASE COAST SAINT SNIDE SAULT
Words starting with I Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ILLER 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,938 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ILLER ranks #9,938 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

344
236
232
207
169
92
88
82
75
75
67
66
45
40
35
29
28
27
26
24
24
24
18
16
15
14
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ILLER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
SAUNT 5.79 bits
10.0% →
TEASE 5.52 bits
9.8% →
COAST 5.59 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
7.2% →
COAST 4.87 bits
3.9% →
COAST 3.52 bits
3.7% →
SNIDE 4.53 bits
3.5% →
SAULT 4.89 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.50 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1L1L1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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