5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LINKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋki/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to hyperlinks.

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 LINKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LINKY 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,024 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STOAE SOARE SARED ROATE TORSE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LINKY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LINKY ranks #9,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
24
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:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
29%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
268
179
160
159
87
83
82
52
52
51
40
37
27
26
24
24
21
21
21
21
20
16
16
15
15
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINKY:

28% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
TARSE 6.44 bits
11.4% →
STOAE 5.40 bits
7.6% →
TARSE 5.59 bits
6.8% →
SOARE 5.40 bits
6.7% →
SARED 4.92 bits
3.7% →
ROATE 4.66 bits
3.5% →
TORSE 4.56 bits
3.5% →
ARISE 4.34 bits
2.2% →
CARET 4.77 bits
2.2% →
SALUE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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