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LINER

Yes, LINER was the Wordle answer on January 9, 2024 (Wordle #934).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪnɚ/

Noun

Someone who fits a lining to something.

“a liner of shoes”

Noun

A removable cover or lining.

“I threw out the trash can liner.”

Verb

To fit a cylinder liner.

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 once

Past Wordle answer: January 9, 2024 (#934).

See the full page for that puzzle: January 9, 2024 (#934).

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

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How LINER performs as a guess

LINER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 95 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,054 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position LI_ER L in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in LINER.

First-turn measures

All four describe LINER used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.41 Entropy (bits)
95 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How LINER 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
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#1,054 Rank among openers
Opening with LINER left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.60 average. It ranks #1,054 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,087
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILNR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LINER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

LINER can come back 122 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

234 answers
181 answers
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84 answers
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19 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Try next

COAST TEASE SLATE BOAST ASCOT HOAST

Strategy after playing LINER

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to LINER.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINER:

10% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
TEASE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.9% →
COAST 5.73 bits
7.6% →
COAST 5.69 bits
7.5% →
TEASE 5.51 bits
6.4% →
COAST 5.11 bits
6.2% →
COAST 4.94 bits
4.4% →
SLATE 4.71 bits
3.5% →
COAST 3.59 bits
3.2% →
COAST 5.17 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.93 bits
2.4% →
COAST 4.01 bits

Research on LINER

Game-tree analysis and word research for LINER, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with LINER, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.62 guesses and ranks #572 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with LINER can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.60, at or below the proven-optimal 3.62, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it LYNUR.

Rhymes with MINOR MINER DINER FINER NINER

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, LINER is a kind of fly or protection.

Synonyms lining

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
LINER sits in the intermediate band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 6 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as a word most readers meet regularly.
Learner level
Appears in intermediate learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level B2); a word learners usually reach after the basics.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.9 of 5).

In a sentence

This problem is a one-liner.
© tatoeba.org contributor Ooneykcall (CC BY 2.0 FR)
They went on board a liner.
© tatoeba.org contributor sundown (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).