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LIKEN

Yes, LIKEN was the Wordle answer on May 6, 2026 (Wordle #1782).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪk(ə)n//ˈlaɪkən/

Verb

Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

“The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.”

Verb

Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.

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: May 6, 2026 (#1782).

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

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How LIKEN performs as a guess

LIKEN 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,808 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR TEASE DAUNT SHART TRACE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIKEN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,808 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIKEN ranks #6,808 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
20
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:
EILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
27%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
L I K E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LIKEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

393
308
168
132
113
108
106
73
70
65
60
57
46
46
37
30
26
23
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIKEN:

17% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
13.1% →
ROAST 5.73 bits
7.1% →
SOLAR 5.00 bits
5.6% →
ROAST 4.42 bits
4.8% →
TEASE 4.62 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 5.26 bits
4.5% →
DAUNT 5.03 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.35 bits
3.0% →
TRACE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
ERASE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1K5E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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