5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɪmiːz//lʌɪmz/

Noun

A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

Noun

plural of lime

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 LIMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMES 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,117 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LI_ES L in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

THORN TRACE SAUNT ALLOT TRAIN ORATE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMES 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
0.69 Volatility
#3,117 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMES ranks #3,117 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
12
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
26%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
250
161
144
130
124
116
98
66
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58
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49
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28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMES:

14% chance
Suggested:
THORN
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
THORN 5.79 bits
10.6% →
TRACE 5.71 bits
6.8% →
SAUNT 5.23 bits
6.1% →
ALLOT 5.02 bits
5.5% →
TRAIN 5.46 bits
5.3% →
ORATE 4.02 bits
4.9% →
ROAST 4.87 bits
4.2% →
BEARE 4.45 bits
2.8% →
DITCH 3.75 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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