5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

INGAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% 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 INGAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INGAN 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 311 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,153 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___N I in the 1st position and N in the 5th position I__A_ I in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__N N in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE STILE TALER ROUTE LOURE
Words starting with I Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
311 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INGAN 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,153 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INGAN ranks #13,153 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
353
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
18%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
449
311
111
106
81
71
62
58
44
41
33
30
27
27
20
17
17
16
14
14
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INGAN:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
SOREL 6.06 bits
19.0% →
TARSE 5.53 bits
13.2% →
STILE 5.33 bits
4.7% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.5% →
ROUTE 5.10 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.28 bits
3.0% →
LOURE 5.21 bits
2.6% →
COSEY 4.22 bits
2.5% →
CADET 4.29 bits
1.9% →
GRATE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1G2A1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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