5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

IRIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of irid

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 IRIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IRIDS 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE TERRA STALE LEANT COATE POTAE
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IRIDS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IRIDS ranks #9,809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
25%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
303
298
151
123
104
103
91
58
54
41
41
40
35
35
32
19
18
18
16
15
14
13
12
12
11
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IRIDS:

24% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
OLATE 6.00 bits
12.8% →
TERRA 5.41 bits
12.6% →
STALE 5.72 bits
6.4% →
LEANT 5.02 bits
5.2% →
COATE 5.11 bits
4.4% →
POTAE 5.04 bits
4.4% →
ALONE 5.18 bits
3.9% →
LEANT 4.97 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 4.11 bits
2.3% →
RIVET 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1R1I1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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