5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

INSEE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To see into; to observe acutely.

Verb

To have or gain insight into; to empathise with or come to fully understand one's point of view.

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 INSEE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INSEE 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,169 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___E I in the 1st position and E in the 5th position I__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CORAL TRAIL SLART REACT ROANY GRATE
Words starting with I Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INSEE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,169 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INSEE ranks #8,169 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
210
190
156
150
134
110
85
73
66
53
47
44
38
35
34
31
29
27
27
22
18
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14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INSEE:

18% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
CORAL 5.89 bits
8.9% →
TRAIL 5.24 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.35 bits
6.6% →
REACT 5.51 bits
6.4% →
ROANY 4.89 bits
5.7% →
GRATE 4.61 bits
4.7% →
ROAST 3.81 bits
3.6% →
GIANT 4.38 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.42 bits
2.8% →
SKIRT 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1S1E1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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