5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIENS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lien

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 LIENS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIENS 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,304 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT ROATE SHART ALLOT BEARE PARTE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIENS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,304 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIENS ranks #1,304 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
27%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
275
143
134
115
105
84
70
70
65
57
55
53
51
50
40
38
33
28
28
26
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22
21
21
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18
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIENS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
COURT 5.78 bits
11.7% →
ROATE 5.44 bits
6.1% →
SHART 5.34 bits
5.7% →
ALLOT 5.05 bits
4.9% →
BEARE 4.78 bits
4.5% →
PARTE 4.87 bits
3.6% →
TAPIR 5.04 bits
3.0% →
BACON 4.72 bits
3.0% →
MOREE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
TRIDE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1E1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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