5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LISLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /laɪl/

Noun

A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.

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 LISLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LISLE 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,684 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__L_ L in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TENOR ROAST TRAIN GRACE CAROL
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LISLE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,684 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LISLE ranks #8,684 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
25
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
284
173
150
146
115
87
83
76
68
52
48
48
44
42
33
31
30
27
21
19
18
17
17
16
14
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LISLE:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
COURT 5.81 bits
12.0% →
TENOR 5.13 bits
7.3% →
ROAST 5.20 bits
6.4% →
TRAIN 5.46 bits
6.2% →
GRACE 4.53 bits
4.9% →
CAROL 4.88 bits
3.7% →
DECAL 4.33 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 4.48 bits
3.2% →
DIRTY 3.87 bits
2.9% →
STEER 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1S1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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