5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

IRONY

Yes, IRONY was the Wordle answer on August 26, 2022 (Wordle #433).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

Open Solver with IRONY Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪə.ɹə.ni//ˈaɪ.ɹə.ni//ˈaɪ.ɚ.ni/

Noun

The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

Noun

Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to the metal iron.

“The food had an irony taste to it.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 26, 2022 (#433).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

Wordle Observatory

How did this puzzle feel?

About the project

Add an anonymous result and difficulty rating to the public, aggregate research dataset.

We send only this answer word for puzzle verification, the puzzle number, result, difficulty vote, Hard Mode flag, timezone and a random one-puzzle receipt token. The Observatory stores no answer word, grid, guesses, account, email, IP-derived ID or reusable player identifier. The puzzle-specific receipt prevents duplicate submissions and permits withdrawal; anyone with that token can withdraw, so keep browser-data exports private. See the privacy details.

How IRONY performs as a guess

IRONY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,067 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___Y I in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position I__N_ I in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SETAE SALEP COMET SATEM CASTE
Words starting with I Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IRONY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,067 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IRONY ranks #3,067 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
24
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:
INOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
I R O N Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches IRONY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

385
201
201
123
104
102
94
92
85
80
69
54
53
46
46
45
43
39
37
33
24
22
20
16
15
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IRONY:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SETAE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
SLATE 6.46 bits
8.5% →
SETAE 5.44 bits
8.5% →
SLATE 5.50 bits
5.2% →
SALEP 4.86 bits
4.4% →
COMET 4.97 bits
4.3% →
SATEM 4.37 bits
4.0% →
SLATE 4.80 bits
3.9% →
CASTE 5.07 bits
3.6% →
LEASE 5.02 bits
3.4% →
SALET 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1R1O1N1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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