5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

LINEN

Yes, LINEN has been the Wordle answer on August 9, 2021 (Wordle #51) and March 3, 2026 (Wordle #1718).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnɪn/

Noun

Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

Noun

Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

“She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.”

Adjective

Made from linen cloth or thread.

Adjective

Having the colour linen, light beige.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used 2 times

Past Wordle answer: August 9, 2021 (#51); March 3, 2026 (#1718).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How LINEN performs as a guess

LINEN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,764 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STARE SLATE SHART TRACE STILL
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LINEN 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,764 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LINEN ranks #9,764 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
L I K E N
L I N E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LINEN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
338
189
140
127
119
84
77
73
65
51
48
47
37
36
25
24
23
23
23
22
21
21
19
19
15
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINEN:

19% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
14.3% →
STARE 5.66 bits
8.0% →
ROAST 5.05 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 4.42 bits
5.4% →
ROAST 5.24 bits
5.0% →
SLATE 4.65 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 5.05 bits
3.3% →
SHART 4.31 bits
3.1% →
TRACE 4.39 bits
2.8% →
STILL 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1E1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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