5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LINGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ling

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 LINGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LINGS 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,148 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE STARE ROATE TRACE THALE CADET
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LINGS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,148 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LINGS ranks #3,148 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
18
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:
ILNS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

520
265
241
140
128
79
65
65
62
60
58
57
53
38
37
32
27
27
26
21
20
20
19
19
19
17
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINGS:

22% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
ORATE 6.16 bits
11.2% →
STARE 5.78 bits
10.2% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 5.57 bits
5.4% →
ROATE 5.26 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
CADET 4.47 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 4.30 bits
2.6% →
ARGUE 5.01 bits
2.5% →
STIRE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1G2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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