5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of limo

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 LIMOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMOS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,811 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__O_ L in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TRONE STARE CARLE TRINE CADET
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMOS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,811 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMOS ranks #2,811 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
20%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
223
220
189
172
95
79
78
77
68
66
62
51
37
32
28
27
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23
23
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16
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMOS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TRACE 6.29 bits
9.5% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
9.3% →
STARE 5.67 bits
8.0% →
CARLE 5.15 bits
7.3% →
TRINE 5.71 bits
4.0% →
CADET 4.58 bits
3.3% →
SNORT 4.80 bits
3.3% →
CLADE 4.41 bits
3.3% →
COATE 4.24 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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