5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIPOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lipo

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 LIPOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIPOS 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,414 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__O_ L in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TRADE STARE CARLE TRINE CADET
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIPOS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,414 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIPOS ranks #1,414 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
161
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
20%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
234
192
178
172
87
81
75
73
60
59
59
58
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37
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIPOS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
TRACE 6.24 bits
9.9% →
TRADE 5.28 bits
8.1% →
STARE 5.62 bits
7.5% →
CARLE 5.20 bits
7.3% →
TRINE 5.67 bits
3.7% →
CADET 4.64 bits
3.4% →
COATE 4.25 bits
3.2% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
CLADE 4.44 bits
2.5% →
CRAPE 5.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1P3O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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