5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

LIMIT

Yes, LIMIT was the Wordle answer on November 7, 2023 (Wordle #871).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪm.ɪt//ˈlɪm.ɪʈ//lɪmʈ/

Noun

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.

“There are several existing limits to executive power.”

Noun

A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

“The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.”

Adjective

Being a fixed limit game.

Verb

To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

“We need to limit the power of the executive.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 7, 2023 (#871).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How LIMIT performs as a guess

LIMIT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,062 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___T L in the 1st position and T in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE SNARE CRUSE CARSE DANSE SLADE
Words starting with L Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMIT 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,062 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMIT ranks #9,062 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
29%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
D I G I T
L I M I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LIMIT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

677
295
225
133
128
106
89
52
51
48
43
39
37
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8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMIT:

29% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
13% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
SOARE 6.20 bits
12.5% →
SOARE 5.23 bits
9.5% →
SOARE 5.71 bits
5.6% →
SNARE 5.24 bits
5.4% →
CRUSE 5.37 bits
4.5% →
CARSE 5.55 bits
3.8% →
DANSE 4.64 bits
2.2% →
SLADE 4.12 bits
2.2% →
SACRE 4.87 bits
2.0% →
CARNE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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