5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

LUMEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluːmən//ˈlumən/

Noun

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.

Noun

The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.

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 LUMEN performs as a guess

LUMEN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,159 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST CRATE STALL STAIR GIANT CEASE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUMEN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,159 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUMEN ranks #3,159 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
L U M E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LUMEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
304
189
138
130
119
86
74
66
57
50
45
45
45
42
36
32
26
25
24
23
23
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUMEN:

17% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STALL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
ROAST 6.18 bits
12.9% →
CRATE 5.72 bits
8.0% →
STALL 5.17 bits
5.8% →
STAIR 4.42 bits
5.5% →
GIANT 5.11 bits
5.0% →
CEASE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SEINE 4.71 bits
3.1% →
COAST 5.08 bits
2.8% →
CRUST 5.16 bits
2.4% →
SHART 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1M3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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