5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

INSPO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪnspəʊ//ˈɪnspoʊ/

Noun

Clipping of inspiration.

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 INSPO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts INSPO 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,328 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___O I in the 1st position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TALER THALE CARET TARGE SHORT
Words starting with I Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How INSPO 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,328 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, INSPO ranks #4,328 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
INOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
12%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
275
249
194
126
94
94
82
75
64
51
40
33
30
27
27
26
25
24
22
19
17
15
15
15
13
13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing INSPO:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
CARLE 6.18 bits
11.7% →
TALER 5.26 bits
10.6% →
TALER 5.44 bits
8.2% →
THALE 5.62 bits
5.3% →
CARET 5.07 bits
4.0% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.0% →
TARGE 4.65 bits
3.5% →
SHORT 4.63 bits
3.2% →
CARLE 5.38 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1N1S1P3O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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