5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LEMMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛmə//ˈlɪmə/

Noun

A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

Noun

The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

“Cat is a lemma, but cats is not.”

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 LEMMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEMMA 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,361 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__M_ L in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SIREE TRAIN TARSE SOULY STALL
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEMMA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,361 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEMMA ranks #12,361 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
332
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
20%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
368
296
170
154
135
113
103
65
48
39
30
25
24
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22
19
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEMMA:

19% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
16% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SNORT 5.96 bits
15.6% →
SIREE 5.38 bits
12.5% →
TRAIN 5.35 bits
7.2% →
TARSE 4.85 bits
6.5% →
SOULY 4.60 bits
5.7% →
STALL 4.38 bits
4.8% →
TERSE 4.55 bits
4.4% →
SLEET 4.61 bits
2.8% →
BLATE 3.72 bits
2.0% →
MUSTY 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1M3M3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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