5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LENES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lene

Noun

plural of lenis

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 LENES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LENES 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,683 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LE_ES L in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RATIO ATOLL STAIR TRADE TRAIN ROAST
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LENES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,683 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LENES ranks #7,683 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
204
202
179
145
106
100
78
77
65
65
53
46
38
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LENES:

18% chance
Suggested:
RATIO
9% chance
Suggested:
ATOLL
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
RATIO 5.75 bits
8.7% →
ATOLL 5.03 bits
8.6% →
STAIR 5.35 bits
7.6% →
TRADE 5.27 bits
6.1% →
TRAIN 5.36 bits
4.5% →
ROAST 3.85 bits
4.2% →
SHART 4.75 bits
3.3% →
BAILE 4.51 bits
3.3% →
TEARY 4.61 bits
2.8% →
CADIE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1N1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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