5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEMAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛmən//ˈliːmən/

Noun

A paramour.

Noun

One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover; a gallant or mistress).

Alternative forms: leaman, lemman, lemon

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 LEMAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEMAN 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,771 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT TOISE SHART SOULY COUNT TARSE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEMAN 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,771 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEMAN ranks #2,771 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
17
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:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
25%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
268
192
126
125
125
92
83
82
79
66
55
44
40
35
29
28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEMAN:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
SHORT 6.09 bits
11.4% →
TOISE 5.24 bits
8.1% →
SHART 5.24 bits
5.3% →
SOULY 4.65 bits
5.3% →
COUNT 5.05 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
SLEET 4.64 bits
3.5% →
STALL 4.46 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
DETER 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1M3A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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