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

LEMON

Yes, LEMON was the Wordle answer on January 7, 2023 (Wordle #567).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛmən//ˈlɛmɪn//ˈlɪmɪn/

Noun

A yellowish citrus fruit.

Noun

A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

Adjective

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

Adjective

Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

Alternative forms: limon

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: January 7, 2023 (#567).

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

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How LEMON performs as a guess

LEMON 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,558 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__O_ L in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STAIR SHART STALL GIANT SLATE TORSE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEMON 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,558 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEMON ranks #2,558 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
ELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
24%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
L E M O N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEMON in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

314
311
164
152
130
126
108
99
75
64
63
56
51
40
35
34
24
24
24
22
21
19
18
18
18
17
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15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEMON:

13% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
13% chance
Suggested:
SHART
7% chance
Suggested:
STALL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
STAIR 5.57 bits
13.2% →
SHART 6.06 bits
7.0% →
STALL 5.15 bits
6.4% →
SHART 5.23 bits
5.5% →
GIANT 5.18 bits
5.3% →
SLATE 4.61 bits
4.6% →
SHART 4.97 bits
4.2% →
TORSE 4.52 bits
3.2% →
ANISE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
SCARY 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1M3O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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