5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LANKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lank

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 LANKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LANKS 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,844 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

L___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE ROUET TOILE TRACE TRIDE TRICE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LANKS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,844 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LANKS ranks #3,844 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
197
191
180
144
124
121
92
68
58
55
53
36
33
33
28
28
25
24
23
21
19
16
14
13
13
13
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LANKS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TRODE 6.11 bits
8.4% →
ROUET 5.68 bits
8.1% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
7.6% →
TRACE 5.69 bits
6.1% →
TRIDE 5.46 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 4.70 bits
5.1% →
ROATE 4.48 bits
3.9% →
PEART 4.92 bits
2.9% →
COURE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
RUOTE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1N1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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