5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LEXIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛksɪs/

Noun

The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.

Noun

Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.

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 LEXIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEXIS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,588 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT ORATE ROAST ROANY PRINT SHART
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEXIS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,588 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEXIS ranks #11,588 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
26
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
21%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
304
185
165
146
137
118
113
110
72
60
59
57
40
33
29
28
28
24
22
18
16
15
15
14
13
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEXIS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COURT 5.81 bits
12.9% →
ORATE 5.34 bits
7.8% →
ROAST 5.20 bits
7.0% →
ROANY 4.80 bits
6.2% →
PRINT 5.00 bits
5.8% →
SHART 4.96 bits
5.0% →
REATE 4.60 bits
4.8% →
BLATE 4.43 bits
4.7% →
TRINE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
CATER 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1X8I1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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