5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪmi/

Adjective

Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.

Adjective

Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).

“This drink is full of limey goodness.”

Noun

An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.

Noun

An English or British ship.

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 LIMEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMEY 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,366 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT ROAST TRAIN COAST SLATE TRINE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMEY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,366 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMEY ranks #7,366 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
28

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

339
330
158
155
146
141
111
88
73
66
57
46
43
41
31
29
28
21
21
20
20
19
19
19
19
15
15
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMEY:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
14% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
SNORT 6.04 bits
14.0% →
ROAST 5.74 bits
6.7% →
TRAIN 5.50 bits
6.6% →
COAST 5.30 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 4.61 bits
6.0% →
ROAST 4.82 bits
4.7% →
SLATE 4.66 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.33 bits
2.8% →
CAROM 5.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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