5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LINED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /laɪnd/

Adjective

Having a lining, an inner layer or covering.

“Fred liked fully lined trousers with his suits.”

Adjective

Having lines, ruled.

“For handwritten work Freda preferred lined paper to plain.”

Verb

simple past and past participle of line

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 LINED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LINED 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #881 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___D L in the 1st position and D in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SLATE SHART TARSE TRASH
Words starting with L Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LINED 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#881 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LINED ranks #881 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
990
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
EILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
280
164
118
106
102
101
64
60
56
55
51
49
46
40
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINED:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
ROAST 6.10 bits
11.9% →
ROAST 5.78 bits
7.0% →
COAST 5.21 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 4.36 bits
4.5% →
SLATE 4.68 bits
4.3% →
SHART 5.18 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 5.25 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 4.64 bits
2.5% →
SHART 4.39 bits
2.4% →
TARSE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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