5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

IROKO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A hardwood obtained from several African trees, especially of the species Milicia excelsa.

Noun

The tree itself.

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 IROKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IROKO 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,625 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___O I in the 1st position and O in the 5th position _R__O R in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEANT SETAE TARRE CADET SATED
Words starting with I Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IROKO 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
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,625 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IROKO ranks #11,625 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
25%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

601
339
277
179
114
106
96
75
62
60
46
45
43
28
27
21
19
18
16
13
11
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IROKO:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
12% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
SLATE 6.37 bits
14.4% →
LEANT 5.32 bits
11.7% →
SETAE 5.37 bits
7.6% →
LEANT 5.00 bits
4.8% →
TARRE 4.41 bits
4.5% →
CADET 4.91 bits
4.1% →
SATED 4.52 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 5.06 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
2.5% →
PLATE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1R1O1K5O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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