5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of limn

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 LIMNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMNS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,102 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE STARE ROATE TRACE CARTE CADET
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMNS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,102 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMNS ranks #2,102 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
982
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

503
247
233
125
121
80
76
74
68
67
54
52
45
40
38
36
33
33
31
29
27
24
23
20
19
19
16
15
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMNS:

21% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
ORATE 6.17 bits
10.5% →
STARE 5.78 bits
9.9% →
ROATE 5.26 bits
5.3% →
ROATE 5.28 bits
5.1% →
TRACE 5.51 bits
3.4% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
3.2% →
CADET 4.57 bits
3.1% →
THALE 4.75 bits
2.9% →
CARLE 4.25 bits
2.8% →
TRADE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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