5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIMEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

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 LIMEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMEN 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 85.4% of games, misses completely in 14.6%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,423 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST DAUNT TEASE STAIR COAST SHART
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMEN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,423 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMEN ranks #3,423 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
19
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:
EILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

344
302
166
123
117
105
103
71
67
62
60
59
59
42
33
32
30
26
24
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMEN:

15% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
ROAST 6.13 bits
12.8% →
ROAST 5.73 bits
7.0% →
ROAST 5.09 bits
5.2% →
ROAST 4.35 bits
5.0% →
DAUNT 5.10 bits
4.5% →
TEASE 4.63 bits
4.4% →
STAIR 5.22 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.97 bits
2.8% →
SHART 4.29 bits
2.6% →
ERASE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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