5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LYAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lyam

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 LYAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LYAMS 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,090 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__M_ L in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRONE TONER NOIRE DRONE RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LYAMS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,090 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LYAMS ranks #5,090 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
21%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
233
206
176
123
116
105
68
65
60
54
50
48
44
41
38
26
24
21
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12
12
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LYAMS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TRINE 6.35 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.51 bits
8.7% →
TONER 5.47 bits
7.5% →
NOIRE 4.89 bits
5.2% →
DRONE 4.91 bits
4.9% →
RONTE 4.47 bits
4.5% →
DRICE 4.95 bits
2.9% →
TONER 5.21 bits
2.8% →
STURE 4.23 bits
2.5% →
TARDY 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1Y4A1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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