5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

INDOW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Obsolete spelling of endow.

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 INDOW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INDOW 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,453 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__O_ I in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__W N in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STRAE SALET LEAST STAGE REATE
Words starting with I Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INDOW 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,453 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INDOW ranks #7,453 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
13%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

698
283
277
145
107
88
71
63
62
50
40
34
31
28
28
27
23
22
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16
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11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INDOW:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STRAE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
SLATE 6.37 bits
12.0% →
STRAE 5.34 bits
11.7% →
SALET 5.38 bits
6.1% →
LEAST 5.29 bits
4.5% →
STAGE 4.70 bits
3.7% →
REATE 5.28 bits
3.0% →
LATER 4.63 bits
2.7% →
CARTE 4.76 bits
2.6% →
TALER 4.57 bits
2.1% →
LEAST 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1D2O1W4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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