5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LILOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lilo

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 LILOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LILOS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,439 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__O_ L in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TRADE STARE TRINE CRAPE CADET
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LILOS 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
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,439 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LILOS ranks #8,439 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
260
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
22%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
265
245
198
173
106
88
75
69
67
66
49
39
36
27
26
18
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LILOS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TRACE 6.26 bits
11.2% →
TRADE 5.25 bits
10.4% →
STARE 5.66 bits
8.4% →
TRINE 5.65 bits
7.3% →
CRAPE 5.15 bits
4.5% →
CADET 4.55 bits
3.7% →
STORE 4.67 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.57 bits
2.9% →
COATE 4.31 bits
2.8% →
GLACE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1L1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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