5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

INKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.kə(ɹ)//ˈɪŋ.kɚ/

Noun

A person or device that applies ink.

Noun

In comic book production, a person who outlines and otherwise embellishes the artwork of a penciler in preparation for publishing.

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 INKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INKER 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,468 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___R I in the 1st position and R in the 5th position I__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__R N in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SHALT TEASE STILE
Words starting with I Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INKER 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
0.71 Volatility
#7,468 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INKER ranks #7,468 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
22
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:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
20%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

352
277
197
182
152
115
96
80
78
68
66
59
50
43
34
33
29
27
26
26
23
20
19
18
18
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INKER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
SAULT 5.95 bits
11.7% →
SLATE 5.90 bits
8.4% →
COAST 5.52 bits
7.7% →
SHALT 5.18 bits
6.4% →
TEASE 4.79 bits
4.9% →
COAST 5.02 bits
4.1% →
COAST 3.54 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.60 bits
3.3% →
STILE 4.52 bits
2.9% →
BETEL 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1K5E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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