5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

INFOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 INFOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INFOS 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,079 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__O_ I in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SLATE TRACE CRATE CARET GRACE
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INFOS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,079 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INFOS ranks #7,079 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
17
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:
INOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
12%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

531
255
247
243
134
93
86
85
79
57
52
39
37
35
26
26
25
21
19
19
14
13
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INFOS:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
CARLE 6.21 bits
10.8% →
SLATE 5.64 bits
10.5% →
TRACE 5.50 bits
10.3% →
CRATE 5.24 bits
5.7% →
CARET 5.11 bits
3.9% →
GRACE 4.63 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.65 bits
3.6% →
STORE 4.63 bits
3.4% →
TRADE 4.43 bits
2.4% →
TALER 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1F4O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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