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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

INANE

Yes, INANE was the Wordle answer on November 13, 2022 (Wordle #512).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪˈneɪn//ɪˈnæɪn/

Adjective

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

“This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.”

Adjective

Purposeless; pointless.

Noun

That which is void or empty.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 13, 2022 (#512).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How INANE performs as a guess

INANE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,906 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

I___E I in the 1st position and E in the 5th position I__N_ I in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY SETER CARAT SPILT ROUSE ALTER
Words starting with I Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INANE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,906 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INANE ranks #10,906 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
K N E E D
I N A N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches INANE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

320
255
213
209
131
123
118
77
77
69
63
59
50
44
44
44
37
34
32
26
23
23
21
17
16
14
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INANE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
11% chance
Suggested:
SETER
9% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
SURLY 5.58 bits
10.8% →
SETER 5.50 bits
9.0% →
CARAT 5.12 bits
8.9% →
SPILT 5.09 bits
5.6% →
ROUSE 4.65 bits
5.2% →
ALTER 4.53 bits
5.0% →
CRASH 4.65 bits
3.3% →
SLART 3.87 bits
3.3% →
TRIED 4.58 bits
2.9% →
SLART 3.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1A1N1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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