5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

IMIDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or pertaining to an imide

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 IMIDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IMIDO 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 65.6% of games, misses completely in 34.4%, and leaves about 395 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,512 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___O I in the 1st position and O in the 5th position _M__O M in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

LEAST TARSE SALET SLANE CARPE LEARE
Words starting with I Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
395 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IMIDO 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,512 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IMIDO ranks #12,512 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
314
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:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
19%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

811
399
205
174
118
108
68
56
45
37
30
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24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IMIDO:

34% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.4% →
LEAST 6.32 bits
16.9% →
TARSE 5.40 bits
8.7% →
SALET 5.12 bits
7.4% →
SLANE 4.96 bits
5.0% →
CARPE 5.17 bits
4.6% →
LEARE 5.08 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 4.54 bits
2.4% →
MOTOR 4.47 bits
1.9% →
LATER 4.39 bits
1.6% →
RANSE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1M3I1D2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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