5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LENSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of lens.

Verb

Alternative spelling of lens.

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 LENSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LENSE 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,963 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

RATIO ATOLL CADET STAIR TRAIN GRATE
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LENSE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,963 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LENSE ranks #5,963 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
204
152
150
145
133
77
72
65
62
53
51
50
49
46
38
35
30
29
28
28
23
19
17
17
15
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LENSE:

18% chance
Suggested:
RATIO
9% chance
Suggested:
ATOLL
6% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
RATIO 5.75 bits
8.6% →
ATOLL 5.03 bits
6.4% →
CADET 4.62 bits
6.4% →
STAIR 5.13 bits
6.1% →
TRAIN 5.36 bits
5.6% →
GRATE 4.54 bits
3.3% →
TEARY 4.61 bits
3.1% →
TIARE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
CADIE 4.01 bits
2.6% →
ALTER 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1N1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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