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

LANKY

Yes, LANKY was the Wordle answer on August 18, 2024 (Wordle #1156).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋk.i/[ˈlæŋk.ɪi̯]/ˈleɪ̯ŋki/

Adjective

Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.

“tall and lanky”

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 18, 2024 (#1156).

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

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How LANKY performs as a guess

LANKY 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,066 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE STARE REAST DORSE TRICE GRAIN
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LANKY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,066 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LANKY ranks #7,066 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
19
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:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
L A N K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LANKY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

557
248
199
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137
126
107
66
62
44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LANKY:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
TOISE 6.17 bits
10.5% →
STARE 5.69 bits
8.4% →
TOISE 5.25 bits
7.2% →
TOISE 5.50 bits
5.8% →
REAST 4.67 bits
5.3% →
DORSE 4.64 bits
4.5% →
TRICE 4.78 bits
2.8% →
TRICE 4.49 bits
2.6% →
GRAIN 4.59 bits
1.9% →
TORSE 3.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1N1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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