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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

IMLIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 IMLIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IMLIS 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__I_ I in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE MORAE THALE GLARE CATER
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IMLIS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IMLIS ranks #10,941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
20
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
16%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

695
315
276
225
129
85
75
72
68
58
36
27
24
24
20
18
18
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IMLIS:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
ROATE 6.19 bits
13.4% →
ROATE 5.66 bits
11.7% →
ROATE 5.35 bits
9.5% →
TRINE 5.44 bits
5.5% →
MORAE 5.33 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 4.64 bits
3.2% →
THALE 4.82 bits
3.1% →
GLARE 4.34 bits
2.9% →
CATER 5.00 bits
2.5% →
HAOLE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1M3L1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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