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

IVORY

Yes, IVORY has been the Wordle answer on August 17, 2021 (Wordle #59) and March 27, 2026 (Wordle #1742).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/

Noun

The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

Noun

A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

Adjective

Made of ivory.

Adjective

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

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 2 times

Past Wordle answer: August 17, 2021 (#59); March 27, 2026 (#1742).

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

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How IVORY performs as a guess

IVORY 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,189 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__R_ I in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

SLATE SETAE SLANT LEANT TRIED TORSE
Words starting with I Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IVORY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,189 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IVORY ranks #10,189 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
286
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:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
C H O I R
I V O R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches IVORY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

490
280
263
149
145
130
114
103
57
57
57
51
45
35
30
25
20
20
19
19
18
16
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IVORY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
SLATE 6.41 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.43 bits
11.2% →
SETAE 5.35 bits
6.3% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
6.1% →
LEANT 5.15 bits
5.5% →
TRIED 4.53 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
4.4% →
TORSE 4.33 bits
2.4% →
STADE 4.57 bits
2.4% →
CADET 3.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1V4O1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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