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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

INDIE

Yes, INDIE was the Wordle answer on February 18, 2025 (Wordle #1340).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪndi/

Adjective

Independent; from outside the mainstream.

“an indie pop group”

Noun

An independent publisher.

Noun

A work released by an independent publisher.

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: February 18, 2025 (#1340).

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

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How INDIE performs as a guess

INDIE 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,768 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E I in the 1st position and E in the 5th position I__I_ I in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLART COAST RAVEN WOULD
Words starting with I Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INDIE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,768 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INDIE ranks #9,768 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
773
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
M I N C E
I N D I E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches INDIE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

560
342
234
169
155
72
69
69
59
58
56
37
33
33
24
23
22
21
20
20
20
20
18
18
15
14
14
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INDIE:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
ROAST 6.01 bits
14.5% →
SOLAR 5.24 bits
9.9% →
SLART 5.38 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.08 bits
6.6% →
COAST 5.11 bits
3.1% →
RAVEN 4.46 bits
2.9% →
WOULD 4.81 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.29 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.13 bits
2.5% →
COAST 5.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1D2I1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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