5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LIMMA

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone. Most commonly referrs to the diatonic semitone or minor second, which has a ratio of approximately 16/15 or 27/25 in meantone temperaments or 256/243 in Pythagorean tuning.

Alternative forms: leimma

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 LIMMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMMA 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,908 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__M_ L in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRACE TRINE SOCLE STRAE RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMMA 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,908 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMMA ranks #11,908 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
326
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
19%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
426
217
182
179
125
76
71
53
45
33
29
28
24
24
22
20
16
15
13
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11
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9
9
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7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMMA:

25% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
18% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
TORSE 6.27 bits
18.1% →
TRACE 5.68 bits
9.2% →
TRINE 5.65 bits
7.7% →
SOCLE 4.86 bits
7.6% →
STRAE 4.60 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.21 bits
3.0% →
NADIR 4.68 bits
2.2% →
STORE 4.94 bits
1.9% →
SACRE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3M3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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