5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

INCAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of inca

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 INCAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INCAS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,784 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__A_ I in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROULE TALER TILDE ROUET THALE MORNE
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INCAS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,784 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INCAS ranks #3,784 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
15%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
276
197
176
114
107
93
82
78
77
70
66
59
57
33
28
26
26
25
23
22
19
18
16
15
15
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INCAS:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROULE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
ROULE 5.88 bits
11.7% →
TALER 5.42 bits
8.4% →
TILDE 5.53 bits
7.5% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
4.8% →
THALE 5.02 bits
4.5% →
MORNE 5.11 bits
3.9% →
CRUEL 5.20 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.56 bits
3.3% →
TRONE 4.52 bits
3.3% →
GOIER 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1C3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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