5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

INCEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪn(ˌ)sɛl/

Noun

A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.

Noun

An individual who is not sexually active despite having such a desire.

Adjective

Not having sexual relations despite wishing to.

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 INCEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INCEL 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,944 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___L I in the 1st position and L in the 5th position I__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST ALLOT STAGE CHART TRIDE TRASH
Words starting with I Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INCEL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,944 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INCEL ranks #1,944 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
EILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
24%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
266
154
134
125
117
104
97
71
69
62
47
47
40
35
34
32
30
29
29
28
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INCEL:

14% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
11.3% →
ROAST 5.72 bits
6.5% →
ROAST 5.41 bits
5.7% →
ALLOT 5.08 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 5.12 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 4.31 bits
4.4% →
STAGE 4.65 bits
4.1% →
CHART 5.27 bits
3.0% →
ROAST 4.55 bits
2.9% →
TRIDE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1C3E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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