5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

IODIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of iodine.

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 IODIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IODIN 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 322 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,252 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___N I in the 1st position and N in the 5th position I__I_ I in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STIRE SATER TALER SEARE SHITE
Words starting with I Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
322 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IODIN 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,252 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IODIN ranks #10,252 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
20
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
26%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

756
238
210
170
157
96
87
56
47
44
37
34
29
29
26
26
23
20
20
16
14
14
14
11
11
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IODIN:

32% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
SLATE 6.38 bits
10.1% →
STIRE 5.33 bits
8.9% →
SATER 5.24 bits
7.2% →
TALER 4.63 bits
6.7% →
SLATE 5.29 bits
4.1% →
SEARE 5.17 bits
3.7% →
SHITE 4.41 bits
2.4% →
CARET 4.96 bits
2.0% →
DRICE 4.43 bits
1.9% →
CARTE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1O1D2I1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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