5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

INDOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of indole used for derivatives starting with a vowel

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 INDOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INDOL 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,579 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__O_ I in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__L N in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TORSE SLATE SAICE SEARE CRATE
Words starting with I Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INDOL 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,579 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INDOL ranks #2,579 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
191
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
18%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

496
223
207
206
119
97
75
67
64
62
54
52
50
33
32
30
29
25
25
21
21
20
18
18
18
18
17
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INDOL:

21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
TARSE 6.50 bits
9.5% →
TORSE 5.51 bits
8.8% →
TARSE 5.50 bits
8.7% →
SLATE 5.50 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 5.23 bits
4.1% →
SAICE 4.60 bits
3.2% →
SEARE 5.14 bits
2.8% →
CRATE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
STOAE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1D2O1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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