5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ISTLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ixtle.

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 ISTLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ISTLE 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,273 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E I in the 1st position and E in the 5th position I__L_ I in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _S__E S in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ACORN CEDAR CAIRN SHARP GRACE ROANY
Words starting with I Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ISTLE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,273 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ISTLE ranks #2,273 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
187
130
118
117
115
98
90
75
70
67
67
53
50
48
46
44
40
37
36
32
30
28
27
26
24
22
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ISTLE:

12% chance
Suggested:
ACORN
8% chance
Suggested:
CEDAR
6% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
ACORN 5.67 bits
7.9% →
CEDAR 5.09 bits
5.5% →
CAIRN 5.13 bits
5.0% →
SHARP 4.94 bits
5.0% →
GRACE 4.62 bits
4.9% →
ROANY 4.91 bits
4.2% →
TROUT 5.18 bits
3.8% →
RENAL 4.65 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.52 bits
3.0% →
HEART 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1S1T1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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