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

LILAC

Yes, LILAC was the Wordle answer on July 3, 2022 (Wordle #379).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪlək//ˈlaɪlæk//ˈlaɪlɑk/

Noun

A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

Noun

A flower of the lilac shrub.

Adjective

Having a pale purple colour.

Adjective

Of a cat or its fur: having a pale brown colour, lighter than chocolate.

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: July 3, 2022 (#379).

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

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How LILAC performs as a guess

LILAC 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,570 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___C L in the 1st position and C in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__C I in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE TRINE TRONE SOBER RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LILAC 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,570 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LILAC ranks #8,570 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
B Y L A W
L I L A C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LILAC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
350
193
134
121
119
104
92
71
61
47
42
37
29
25
25
23
23
23
21
17
16
15
15
12
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LILAC:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TORSE 6.28 bits
14.8% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
8.2% →
TRINE 5.63 bits
5.7% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
5.1% →
SOBER 4.96 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
4.4% →
CRATE 5.03 bits
3.9% →
BLATE 4.33 bits
3.0% →
NADIR 4.56 bits
2.6% →
TREAD 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1L1A1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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