5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɪmz/

Noun

plural of limb

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of limb

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 LIMBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMBS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,564 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__B_ L in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRONE CADET ORATE CARTE HAOLE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMBS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,564 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMBS ranks #5,564 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
16%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
297
232
184
98
92
90
77
76
74
52
46
36
33
32
27
26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMBS:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
ROATE 6.18 bits
12.6% →
ROATE 5.66 bits
9.8% →
ROATE 5.23 bits
7.8% →
TRONE 5.71 bits
4.2% →
CADET 4.59 bits
3.9% →
ORATE 5.40 bits
3.8% →
CARTE 5.46 bits
3.3% →
HAOLE 4.66 bits
3.2% →
ALURE 4.28 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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