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

LINGO

Yes, LINGO was the Wordle answer on March 20, 2024 (Wordle #1005).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ̯//ˈlɪŋ.ɡoʊ̯/

Noun

Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

Noun

An Aboriginal language.

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: March 20, 2024 (#1005).

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

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How LINGO performs as a guess

LINGO 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,793 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___O L in the 1st position and O in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

REAST CRATE TRACE TASER COATE SARED
Words starting with L Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% 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 LINGO 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
0.70 Volatility
#3,793 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LINGO ranks #3,793 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
15
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:
ILNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
20%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LINGO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
264
232
168
105
89
80
78
75
61
55
41
33
29
28
25
22
22
20
19
19
19
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17
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINGO:

22% chance
Suggested:
REAST
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
REAST 6.40 bits
11.2% →
CRATE 5.42 bits
9.8% →
REAST 5.39 bits
7.1% →
TRACE 5.63 bits
4.5% →
TASER 5.22 bits
3.8% →
COATE 4.28 bits
3.4% →
SARED 4.67 bits
3.3% →
SLATE 4.44 bits
3.2% →
SATED 4.36 bits
2.6% →
TASER 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1G2O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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