5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

IRONS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.ənz//ˈaɪ.ɚnz/

Noun

plural of iron

Noun

A lack of forward motion.

“Alice steered the boat into the wind, so we were stuck in irons.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of iron

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 IRONS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IRONS 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,673 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__N_ I in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

PLATE TERRA STALE THALE TARRE LANCE
Words starting with I Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IRONS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,673 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IRONS ranks #1,673 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,101
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
INORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

320
191
188
174
118
101
84
81
69
69
67
66
60
50
50
47
40
38
28
28
25
24
23
22
19
16
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IRONS:

14% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
8% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
PLATE 6.03 bits
8.1% →
TERRA 5.27 bits
8.0% →
STALE 5.76 bits
7.4% →
THALE 5.33 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.76 bits
4.3% →
TARRE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
LANCE 5.08 bits
3.4% →
CLADE 4.83 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.61 bits
2.9% →
CADET 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1R1O1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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