5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUNGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.

Alternative forms: longi, longyi, lungie, lungy

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 LUNGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUNGI 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,165 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___I L in the 1st position and I in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__I U in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER REAST SORED TORSE RAILE
Words starting with L Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUNGI 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,165 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUNGI ranks #6,165 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
17
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)
74%
Green tile
18%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

623
255
255
136
104
104
77
77
49
49
46
44
42
37
33
27
26
23
22
20
18
16
14
14
14
13
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUNGI:

26% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SATER
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
TARSE 6.43 bits
10.8% →
SATER 5.42 bits
10.8% →
REAST 5.34 bits
5.8% →
SORED 5.26 bits
4.4% →
TORSE 5.43 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 4.49 bits
3.3% →
STANE 4.78 bits
3.3% →
MORSE 4.66 bits
2.1% →
TROPE 4.68 bits
2.1% →
AROSE 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1N1G2I1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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