5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

LIPID

LIPID is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪpɪd//ˈlɪpəd/

Noun

Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.

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

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 LIPID performs as a guess

LIPID 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 64.3% of games, misses completely in 35.7%, and leaves about 381 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,551 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___D L in the 1st position and D in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STOAE STANE TORSE DRONE RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
381 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIPID 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,551 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIPID ranks #10,551 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
773
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
24%
All gray
36%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C I V I L
L I P I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LIPID in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

842
309
157
149
128
93
68
57
55
52
46
32
31
29
24
23
21
20
18
17
12
11
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIPID:

36% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.7% →
TARSE 6.43 bits
13.1% →
STOAE 5.36 bits
6.7% →
STANE 5.34 bits
6.3% →
TORSE 5.64 bits
5.4% →
DRONE 5.26 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.74 bits
2.9% →
CARNE 4.95 bits
2.4% →
ROATE 4.83 bits
2.3% →
SLATE 4.18 bits
2.2% →
BRANE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1P3I1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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