5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LYNES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lyne

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 LYNES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LYNES 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,446 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROM TRADE CORAL STAIR ORATE TRAIN
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LYNES 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,446 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LYNES ranks #5,446 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
21
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:
ELNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
24%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
251
150
147
125
124
122
122
110
58
53
53
52
48
46
41
38
36
35
35
28
25
24
23
19
17
17
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LYNES:

13% chance
Suggested:
CAROM
11% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
CORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
CAROM 5.94 bits
10.6% →
TRADE 5.56 bits
6.4% →
CORAL 5.06 bits
6.2% →
STAIR 5.39 bits
5.3% →
ORATE 3.77 bits
5.3% →
TRAIN 5.40 bits
5.2% →
SHART 4.91 bits
5.2% →
DIARY 4.25 bits
4.7% →
BLATE 4.48 bits
2.5% →
RAINE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1Y4N1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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