5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

IODIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

of, or relating to iodine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five

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 IODIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IODIC 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 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,725 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__I_ I in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__C O in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STILE CHARE TALER TREAD SLART
Words starting with I Words ending with C

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IODIC 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,725 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IODIC ranks #11,725 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
704
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
15
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:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
22%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

740
281
232
206
162
109
63
58
57
51
43
36
32
31
30
21
16
14
14
11
11
11
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IODIC:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
TARSE 6.35 bits
11.9% →
STILE 5.34 bits
9.8% →
TARSE 5.27 bits
8.7% →
CHARE 5.59 bits
6.9% →
TALER 4.68 bits
4.6% →
TREAD 5.21 bits
2.7% →
SLART 5.13 bits
2.5% →
SAKER 4.54 bits
2.4% →
TRICE 4.37 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1O1D2I1C3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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