5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

INLAY

Yes, INLAY was the Wordle answer on July 2, 2024 (Wordle #1109).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈleɪ//ˈɪn.leɪ/

Verb

To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.

Verb

To place an inlay in a tooth.

Noun

The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.

Noun

A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 2, 2024 (#1109).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How INLAY performs as a guess

INLAY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,849 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

I___Y I in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position I__A_ I in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__Y N in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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TORSE CRATE TRICE SOBER STARE DORSE
Words starting with I Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INLAY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,849 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INLAY ranks #4,849 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
213
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:
AILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
I N L A Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches INLAY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

387
280
217
134
120
108
104
86
74
68
61
56
51
44
35
28
28
22
22
21
20
20
19
18
16
16
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INLAY:

16% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
TORSE 6.33 bits
11.9% →
CRATE 5.70 bits
9.2% →
TRICE 5.52 bits
5.7% →
SOBER 4.96 bits
5.1% →
TORSE 5.28 bits
4.6% →
STARE 4.76 bits
4.4% →
DORSE 4.76 bits
3.6% →
GORSE 4.75 bits
3.1% →
CRISE 4.23 bits
2.9% →
TRONE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1L1A1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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