5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LINUX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel.

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 LINUX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LINUX 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 71.1% of games, misses completely in 28.9%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,956 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__X I in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE TRACE TORSE SARED SATED
Words starting with L Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LINUX 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,956 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LINUX ranks #10,956 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
30
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:
ILNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
20%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

682
274
180
177
157
105
88
79
64
57
52
49
48
44
32
30
25
18
15
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12
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11
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8
8
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LINUX:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.9% →
TARSE 6.41 bits
11.6% →
SOARE 5.17 bits
7.6% →
TRACE 5.60 bits
7.5% →
TORSE 5.35 bits
6.7% →
SARED 5.21 bits
4.5% →
SATED 4.40 bits
3.7% →
REAST 4.77 bits
3.4% →
ARISE 4.41 bits
2.7% →
SALLE 4.16 bits
2.4% →
CORSE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1N1U1X8
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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