5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A slug or slug-like creature.

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 LIMAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMAX 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,752 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__X I in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CRATE TRINE CLOSE STALE RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMAX 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,752 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMAX ranks #10,752 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
21%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

575
380
210
178
130
120
74
69
68
65
59
58
30
28
27
25
24
23
19
17
15
12
11
11
10
7
7
7
7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMAX:

24% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
16% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
TORSE 6.28 bits
16.1% →
CRATE 5.64 bits
8.9% →
TRINE 5.64 bits
7.5% →
CLOSE 4.96 bits
5.5% →
STALE 4.61 bits
5.1% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.21 bits
2.9% →
TORSE 5.15 bits
2.9% →
NADIR 4.61 bits
2.8% →
TREAD 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3A1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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