5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

IMPLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplaɪ/

Verb

To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

“Correlation does not imply causation”

Verb

To suggest by logical inference.

“When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown.”

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 IMPLY performs as a guess

IMPLY 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 297 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,560 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___Y I in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position I__L_ I in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _M__Y M in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE TRINE CANOE SARED STRAE MORAE
Words starting with I Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
297 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IMPLY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,560 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IMPLY ranks #6,560 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
D I M L Y
I M P L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches IMPLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
298
255
158
113
105
86
55
44
44
37
37
33
31
26
25
24
23
20
19
18
16
14
12
11
11
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IMPLY:

29% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
ORATE 6.21 bits
12.6% →
TRINE 5.55 bits
10.8% →
CANOE 5.34 bits
6.7% →
SARED 5.03 bits
4.8% →
STRAE 5.56 bits
4.5% →
MORAE 5.46 bits
3.6% →
CRANE 4.38 bits
2.3% →
SAUTE 4.73 bits
1.9% →
CRONE 4.62 bits
1.9% →
CADET 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1M3P3L1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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