5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.mi/

Adjective

Having many limbs, or branches.

“a limby tree”

Noun

An amputee, especially one who has lost a leg.

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 LIMBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMBY 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 303 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,265 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__B_ L in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STOAE TRINE SARED CARSE RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
303 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMBY 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
0.66 Volatility
#6,265 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMBY ranks #6,265 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
7

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
27%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

717
261
234
167
99
96
93
91
50
46
43
34
32
31
29
28
22
21
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMBY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
11.1% →
STOAE 5.41 bits
9.9% →
TRINE 5.69 bits
7.1% →
SARED 5.08 bits
4.2% →
CARSE 5.53 bits
4.1% →
RONTE 4.86 bits
3.9% →
URATE 5.54 bits
3.9% →
SLATE 4.44 bits
2.1% →
ALONE 4.33 bits
1.9% →
SOLAR 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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