5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

IORAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of iora

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 IORAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IORAS 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 92.5% of games, misses completely in 7.5%, and leaves about 97 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,924 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___S I in the 1st position and S in the 5th position I__A_ I in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE LITHE PENCE LEANT THALE CLOTE
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.23 Entropy (bits)
97 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IORAS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IORAS ranks #4,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
26%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

219
201
176
125
121
108
102
94
93
77
76
72
60
55
49
45
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35
27
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IORAS:

9% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
9% chance
Suggested:
LITHE
7% chance
Suggested:
PENCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.3% →
LANCE 5.30 bits
8.5% →
LITHE 5.20 bits
7.5% →
PENCE 5.15 bits
5.3% →
LEANT 4.44 bits
5.1% →
THALE 4.95 bits
4.6% →
CLOTE 4.16 bits
4.3% →
DETER 4.81 bits
4.0% →
SPELT 5.14 bits
3.9% →
PRIED 4.31 bits
3.3% →
STILE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1O1R1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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