5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.

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 LIMBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMBA 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,392 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 5th position L__B_ L in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRACE TRINE STOAE SOCLE RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMBA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,392 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMBA ranks #6,392 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
10
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:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
17%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
369
196
156
148
114
67
62
60
57
54
53
33
31
27
27
25
23
23
21
21
20
19
17
14
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMBA:

22% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TORSE 6.27 bits
15.6% →
TRACE 5.74 bits
8.3% →
TRINE 5.64 bits
6.6% →
STOAE 4.59 bits
6.3% →
SOCLE 4.90 bits
4.8% →
RONTE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
STILE 4.16 bits
2.6% →
SHORE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
NADIR 4.68 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3B3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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