5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

INSET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsɛt/

Verb

To set in; infix or implant.

Verb

To insert something.

Noun

A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.

“a map of the whole state with city maps as insets”

Noun

Anything inserted.

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 INSET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INSET 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,325 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T I in the 1st position and T in the 5th position I__E_ I in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL GLARE CLARY SCALP SOLAR ROANY
Words starting with I Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INSET 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,325 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INSET ranks #1,325 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
14
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:
EINST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
29%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
234
132
123
118
113
93
86
65
64
62
58
47
37
37
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34
31
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INSET:

13% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
10% chance
Suggested:
GLARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
CAROL 5.95 bits
9.9% →
GLARE 5.41 bits
5.6% →
CLARY 5.02 bits
5.2% →
SCALP 5.28 bits
5.0% →
SOLAR 3.99 bits
4.8% →
ROANY 4.95 bits
3.9% →
PARSE 4.79 bits
3.6% →
TOTAL 4.88 bits
2.8% →
PRATE 4.69 bits
2.7% →
COALY 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1S1E1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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