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

LIGHT

Yes, LIGHT was the Wordle answer on January 31, 2022 (Wordle #226).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /laɪt/[laɪt][lɑjt]

Noun

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.

“As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.”

Noun

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).

“black light”

Verb

To start (a fire).

“We lit the fire to get some heat.”

Verb

To set fire to; to set burning.

“She lit her last match.”

Alternative forms: lite, lighte, lyght, lyghte

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 31, 2022 (#226).

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

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How LIGHT performs as a guess

LIGHT 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,178 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___T L in the 1st position and T in the 5th position L__H_ L in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE CRANE CORSE CARSE DANSE SLADE
Words starting with L Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIGHT 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,178 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIGHT ranks #4,178 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
A W F U L
L I G H T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LIGHT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
263
175
156
145
103
91
77
74
66
51
43
43
41
34
33
31
29
29
26
24
20
14
14
12
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIGHT:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SOARE 6.10 bits
11.2% →
SOARE 5.23 bits
7.4% →
SOARE 5.71 bits
6.6% →
CRANE 5.31 bits
6.1% →
CORSE 5.76 bits
4.4% →
CARSE 5.31 bits
3.9% →
SOARE 5.17 bits
3.3% →
DANSE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
SLADE 4.63 bits
2.8% →
ROATE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1G2H4T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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