- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words matching IN_O_
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What the remaining words have in common
8 matching words1 not previously used1 past answerBest matching test word: INROS
Position 3D 25%B 13%C 13%F 13%
Position 5S 25%G 13%L 13%N 13%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: INBOX (April 19, 2025).
It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits IN_O_?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 3rd letter B, C, D, F, G, I, R
- 5th letter G, L, N, S, T, W, X
Meanings and answer history
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INBOX
A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.
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Past Wordle answer: April 19, 2025.
INGOT
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
INCOG
Incognito.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
INDOL
Alternative form of indole used for derivatives starting with a vowel
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
INDOW
Obsolete spelling of endow.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
INFOS
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
INION
A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck; the external occipital protuberance.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
INROS
plural of inro
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match IN_O_?
- 8 five-letter words match IN_O_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, INROS has the highest feedback entropy at 4.94 bits against the possible answers.