5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɪmps/

Noun

plural of limp

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of limp

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 LIMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIMPS 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,834 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__P_ L in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE CARTE CADET PORAE GLARE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIMPS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,834 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIMPS ranks #3,834 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
186
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:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
17%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
250
249
182
90
87
76
76
67
62
60
45
34
31
30
27
27
26
24
23
21
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15
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12
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIMPS:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
ROATE 6.22 bits
10.6% →
ROATE 5.22 bits
10.6% →
ROATE 5.68 bits
7.7% →
TRINE 5.68 bits
3.8% →
CARTE 5.32 bits
3.7% →
CADET 4.66 bits
3.2% →
PORAE 5.16 bits
3.2% →
GLARE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
SHALE 4.63 bits
2.6% →
STANE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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